Victor Gollancz

Victor Gollancz

male, deceased (1967)
socialist, Reconstruction Committee, his own publishing company, Peace Prize of the German Book Trade, Book publishing companies of the United Kingdom, LeftBookClub
Sir Victor Gollancz (April 9 1893-February 8 1967) was a British publisher, socialist, and humanitarian. Born in London, he was the son of a...
Harold Laski

Harold Laski

male, deceased (1950)
Jewish, scientist, Old Mancunian, Labour Party politician, Non-fiction writer, Economist…LeftBookClub
Harold Joseph Laski (Manchester, June 30, 1893 - March 24, 1950 in London) was an English political theorist, economist, author, and lecturer, and...
John St Loe Strachey

John St Loe Strachey

male, deceased (1963)
Robert Boothby, labour, eton college, Old Etonian, labour party, member of parliament…LeftBookClub
The Rt. Hon. (Evelyn) John (St Loe) Strachey (21 October 1901 - 15 July 1963) was a British Labour politician and writer. The son of John St. Loe...

Iris Murdoch Diaries

female
married, Protestant, Somerville, communist party, Irish, badminton…LeftBookClub
Murdoch was the only child of adoring parents and seems to have had an idyllically happy youth. Clever, hard-working and beautiful, she managed to...