Edwin K. Townsend-Coles

Edwin Keith Townsend-Coles (1922 – 25 July 2003) was a specialist in adult literacy. Townsend-Coles was educated at St John's College, University of Durham, where he read Geography.[1] While at Durham he was Editor-in-Chief of Palatinate and President of the Durham Union Society.[2] Townsend-Coles pursued a career in the field of adult education, and was Director of the Institute of Adult Education, University College of Rhodesia and Nyasaland from 1958-1965.[1][3] After moving back to England, he took up a position as an adult education adviser at Rewley House in Oxford.[1] He became a prominent figure in the Delegacy for Extra Mural Studies at the University of Oxford.[4] Townsend-Coles spent the latter part of his career working for UNESCO, visiting developing parts of the world.[1] While living in Oxford he held the position of chairman of the Oxford Civic Society between 1983 until 2000.[5]

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  1. 1 2 3 4 "Edwin Townsend-Coles". The Oxford Times. Retrieved 2015-10-13.
  2. ↑ "Palatinate Online » Past Editors". www.palatinate.org.uk. Retrieved 2015-10-13.
  3. ↑ "Papers of E.K. Townsend-Coles". Bodleian Library. University of Oxford. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
  4. ↑ Sautoy, Marjorie Du (1969-01-01). "Book Reviews". Community Development Journal 4 (1): 42–42. doi:10.1093/cdj/4.1.42. ISSN 0010-3802.
  5. ↑ "End of an era for Oxford". The Oxford Times. Retrieved 2015-10-13.
  6. ↑ Coles, Edwin K. Townsend (1969-05-01). Adult Education in Developing Countries. Oxford ;New York: Pergamon Press. ISBN 9780080132327.
  7. ↑ Coles, Edwin K. Townsend (1982-05-01). Maverick of the Education Family: Two Essays in Non-formal Education. Oxford; New York: Pergamon Press. ISBN 9780080252391.
  8. ↑ Coles, Edwin K. Townsend (1985-09-30). Story of Education in Botswana. Gaborone, Botswana: Macmillan Boleswa. ISBN 9780333401545.
  9. ↑ Townsend Coles, Edwin Keith (1986-01-01). Education in Botswana: 1966, 1986, 2006. Gaborone, Botswana: Macmillan Botswana. ISBN 9780333403150.
  10. ↑ Coles, Edwin K. Townsend (1988-10-01). Let the People Learn: Establishment of a Department of Non-formal Education in Botswana. Manchester: BOOKS FOR DILLONS ONLY. ISBN 9780902252103.
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