ID
3059
Nationality
British
born South African
Occupation
Author
Poet
Translator
Summary
Born at Johannesburg, South Africa; deafened in childhood by scarlet fever; educated in Britain; graduated Oxford University. Was on the staff of The Sunday Times (London); translated several books from early and medieval English, including Beowulf; author of an autobiography, Deafness. Died of cancer at Waldron, England.
References
Deaf Persons in the Arts and Sciences, p.389-391; Deaf Lives, p.203-204; Gallaudet Encyclopedia, vol.3 p.347-348.
Dates
23 February 1920-28 August 1994