Dr Cyril Edwin Mitchinson Joad (1891 - 1953)

Prodigious writer, popular broadcaster, inspiring teacher. Was Head of Philosophy Dept at Birkbeck College, became famous in the Brains Trust on radio and television. His last book was The Recovery of Belief (1952),; he had re-converted to Christianity after being an agnostic for most of his life. Championed mixed hockey on the Heath.

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