George Bazeley Scurfield

George Bazeley Scurfield was an English author, poet, and politician. He was born on 19 March 1920 in Leicestershire, England, and died on 15 December 1991 in Norwich, England. He married Cecilia Hopkinson in 1947 at Cambridge, England. They had five children, including their son the actor, Matthew Scurfield, and daughters; Sarah, Lucy, Poly and Sophy.

World War II

During World War II, George Scurfield served as an officer with the Royal Artillery in the Middle East.[1] He was awarded the Military Cross for his wartime services in the Far East.[2] This military decoration is awarded to officers of the British Army in recognition of an act or acts of exemplary gallantry during active operations against the enemy.

Politics

In the 1960s Scurfield entered municipal politics. He twice ran in Cambridge City Council, England elections as a Labour Party candidate. First in Market Ward, in May 1962 when he came in 3rd, losing to the Liberal candidate, Peter Calvert.[3] In May 1963 Scurfield was elected to City Council in Petersfield, where he served through 1965.[4] In September 1967 Scurfield again ran for City Council in Cambridge, placing second to the Conservative candidate, David Lane.[5]

Author

George Scurfield, with his wife Cecilia, wrote two charming and useful works on home baking. These books have become cook book classics,[6] and both remain in print to this day. The first, Home Baked, about the process of hand baking bread, was originally published in 1956. The companion volume, Home-Made Cakes and Biscuits, first published in 1975, is equally engaging[7] and practical.

Published poems

George Scurfield is referenced in Tambittu's Poetry in Wartime by H.M. Klein, an anthology of war poetry.

Novels

Non-fiction

References

  1. http://perso.univ-lyon2.fr/~goethals/warpoet/WW2_poets.html Poetry and the Second World War: Brief biobibliographical notes about the poets writing during World War II
  2. http://www.joh.cam.ac.uk/library/special_collections/manuscripts/post_medieval/pmmw56/ St. John’s College University of Cambridge
  3. http://www.cix.co.uk/~rosenstiel/camelect/citymkt.htm Cambridge City Council Elections - Market Ward
  4. http://www.cix.co.uk/~rosenstiel/camelect/cllrs1.htm Cambridge City Councillors by Ward 1945-1967
  5. "1966 By Election Results". 2009-10-25. Archived from the original on 25 October 2009.
  6. http://www.geraldeneholt.com/essays.htm Home-Made Cakes and Biscuits: Foreword by Geraldene Holt, 1994 edition
  7. http://www.wakefieldpress.com.au/books/homemadecakesand.html Wakefield Press: Home-Made Cakes and Biscuits
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