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Person
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Joad, C. E. M. (Cyril Edwin Mitchinson)
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Dates of existence
1891-1953
History
Cyril Joad was born on August 12, 1891, in Durham County, England. He was a philosopher, author, teacher, and radio host. Joad was a pacifist who conscientiously objected to the First World War. He worked at the Board of Trade and Ministry of Labour for sixteen years before taking up the position of Philosophy and Psychology Department Head at Birkbeck College, starting in 1930. Joad is also remembered for his part in the "BBC Brains Trust" program from 1941 to 1947. He died on April 9, 1953, in London, England.