E. W. Dickes

Ernest Walter Dickes, most commonly known as E. W. Dickes (1876 - 26 July 1957) was an English journalist for the Manchester Guardian, and translator of over seventy books.[1]

Life

Dickes was the eldest son of Walter James Dickes and Sarah Annie Dickes.[2] Born in London, he was educated at the City of London School. He became a civil servant in the Admiralty for twenty years, and spent five years as a dockyard secretary in Malta .[1] In 1915, as deputy cashier at Portsmouth Dockyard, he was charged with being in possession of false documents.[3] The following year, as a conscientious objector, he came to the attention of the House of Commons.[4] He spent two years in prison, during which time he learnt Esperanto.[1]

After the war he joined the Manchester Guardian as a journalist, amongst other things serving as an in-house translator from French, German, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Portuguese, Polish, Latin, Greek, Danish, and Russian.[1]

Dickes married twice: his first wife divorced him in 1936,[5] and he married Doris Whittle.[2]

Translations

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 'OBITUARY: Mr E. W. Dickes', The Manchester Guardian, p. 2
  2. 1 2 'Marriages', The Times, 24 July 1936, p. 1
  3. 'Dockyard Official in Custody: Seizure of Documents', The Times, 30 September 1915; 'Charge against Dockyard Official: An Explanation Promised', The Times, 5 October 1915
  4. 'Conscientous Objector at the Admiralty', The Times, 2 November 1916, p. 10; 'The Case of Mr E. W. Dickes', The Times, 23 November 1916, p. 12
  5. 'Probate , Divorce, and Admiralty Division: 126 decrees made absolute', The Times, 20 June 1936
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