Wikipedia's first sentence called it “novelist”. Today it says “south african-born british author”. Sections present on October 6, 2023 no longer exist: “Published works; Institute for the Study of Terrorism”.
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The opening as it read in 2010
Jillian Becker (born 1932 Johannesburg , South Africa ) is a novelist , prize-winning story-writer, critic , journalist , lecturer, best known internationally as a writer, researcher, and authority on the subject of terrorism .1See for example, [1]2
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Jillian Becker (born 2 June 1932, Johannesburg , South Africa ) is a novelist , prize-winning story-writer, critic , journalist and lecturer, best known internationally as a writer, researcher, and authority on the subject of terrorism .
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The opening as it stood in 2020
( Learn how and when to remove this message ) Jillian Becker (born 2 June 1932, Johannesburg , South Africa ) is a novelist , prize-winning story-writer, critic , journalist and lecturer, best known internationally as a writer, researcher, and authority on the subject of terrorism and a prominent atheist .
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British writer ( Learn how and when to remove this message ) Jillian Becker (born 2 June 1932) is a South African-born British author, journalist, and lecturer.She specialises in research about terrorism, having written Hitler's Children: The Story of the Baader-Meinhof Terrorist Gang (1977), among other works.
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The opening as it stood in 2025
British writer (born 1932) ( Learn how and when to remove this message ) Jillian Becker (born 2 June 1932) is a South African-born British author, journalist, and lecturer, who specialises in research about terrorism. The Story of the Baader-Meinhof Terrorist Gang (1977).
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “novelist”. Today it says “south african-born british author”. Sections present on October 6, 2023 no longer exist: “Published works; Institute for the Study of Terrorism”. Read the current article and compare.
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novelist
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south african-born british author
Sections that no longer exist
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Institute for the Study of Terrorism
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