John Langdon-Davies
✓ Source-basedstableBritish writer (1897-1971)
JournalistsLived 1897 to 1971 · aged 74
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John Eric Langdon-Davies was a British author and journalist. He was a war correspondent during the Spanish Civil War and the Soviet-Finnish War. As a result of his experiences in Spain, he founded the Foster Parents' Scheme for refugee children in Spain, which is now the aid organisation Plan International.
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John Langdon-Davies in 1940.
Langdon-Davies's home "The Sundial" in South Holmwood, near Dorking, was built in 1903 for Mr and Mrs Pethick Lawrence as a country home for the Espérance Club for working-class London girls. A sundial with the motto, "Let others tell of storms and showers, I tell of sunny morning hours", is on the south-east wall
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About this person
Category
Journalists
Type
Journalist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1897 to 1971 · aged 74
Written about in
4 languages
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