Langdon-Davies, John, 1897-1971
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Name (Latin)
Langdon-Davies, John, 1897-1971
Name (Arabic)
ديفيز، جون، 1897-1971
Other forms of name
Davies, John Langdon, 1897-1971
Langdon-Davies, J. (John), 1897-1971
Langdon-Davies, John
Davies, John Langdon-
Langdon-Davies, John, 1897-
Date of birth
1897-03-18
Date of death
1971-12-05
Place of birth
Eshowe (South Africa)
Associate group
Plan International
Occupation
Journalists
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- BL auth. file, 17 May 2006(also used pseudonyms John James, John Nada, and John Stanhope)
- Berga i Bagué, M. John Langdon-Davies, 1897-1971, 1991:p. 19 (John Eric Langdon-Davies, b. 03/18/1897 in Eshowe, South Africa) p. 252 (d. 12/5/1971)
- His Militarism in education ... 1919.
- Inside the atom, 1938:t.p. (John Langdon Davies)
- The Home Guard training manual, 1940:t.p. (J. Langdon-Davies)
- "John Eric Langdon-Davies (18 March 1897 - 5 December 1971) was a British author and journalist. He was a war correspondent during the Spanish Civil War and the Russo-Finnish war. As a result of his experiences in Spain, he founded the Foster Parents' Scheme for refugee children in Spain, now called Plan.[1] He was awarded the MBE for services to the Home Guard. Author of books on military, scientific, historical and Spanish (including Catalan) subjects" ( (Wikipedia, viewed 06.11.2014:) )