Philip Sansom
Philip Sansom | |
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| Born | Philip Richard Sansom 19 September 1916 |
| Died | 24 October 1999 (aged 83) London, England |
| Occupation | Writer and editor |
| Movement | Anarchist movement |
Philip Richard Sansom (19 September 1916 – 24 October 1999) was a British anarchist writer and activist.[1][2]
Sansom began working life as a commercial artist. During the Second World War he was a conscientious objector, and worked in farming for a while. From 1943 he worked on War Commentary, a wartime substitute for the anarchist paper Freedom. With his co-editors Vernon Richards and , he was tried at the Old Bailey in 1945[2] and imprisoned for nine months for conspiring to publish an article allegedly inciting soldiers to disaffect from their duty or allegiance. He was a charismatic orator at Speakers' Corner, Hyde Park, and elsewhere in the 1950s and 1960s.[1]
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- ^ a b Rooum, Donald (15 November 1999). "Philip Sansom". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- ^ a b Pilgrim, John (3 November 1999). "Obituary: Philip Sansom". The Independent. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
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Categories:
- Anarchist writers
- British anarchists
- British conscientious objectors
- 1916 births
- 1999 deaths