John Wolfenden, Baron Wolfenden
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John Frederick Wolfenden, Baron Wolfenden,
Early life
Wolfenden was born on 26 June 1906 in
Professional life
Having studied in Oxford, Wolfenden became a don at Magdalen College, Oxford, in 1929.
John Wolfenden was the headmaster of Uppingham School (1934–1944) and Shrewsbury School (1944–1950) and chairman of various government committees which mostly focused on education and problems with youth.
In 1950 he became
From 1954 to 1957 he was Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Homosexual Offences and Prostitution, known in shorthand as the Wolfenden Committee after himself,
In 1957, Wolfenden chaired an independent committee initiated by the
In 1962, the
Wolfenden was director of the British Museum from 1969 to 1973,[citation needed] became President of Chelsea College in 1972, Chairman of the Chelsea Building Society and Metropolitan Association of Building Societies in 1978.[3]
Personal life
Wolfenden married Eileen Spilsbury in 1932, they had two sons and two daughters.[3] His elder son was Jeremy Wolfenden, a foreign correspondent for The Daily Telegraph and a British spy.[7]
He died aged 78, on 18 January 1985 in Guildford, Surrey, England.[2]
Thoughts and ideas
In his essay The Gap—The Bridge, Wolfenden discusses the problems with institutional dichotomy.
His memoirs were published by The Bodley Head in 1976, under the title of Turning Points.
Titles
Wolfenden was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1942, and was knighted in 1956.[8][3]
He was created a
See also
References
- ^ "Wolfenden Report Full Text" (PDF).
- ^ doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/31852. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^ ISBN 0-905649-38-9.
- ^ Geraldine Bedell, "Coming out of the dark ages", The Observer, London, 24 June 2007.
- Central Council of Physical Recreation. 2 September 1960. Archived from the originalon 19 October 2013. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
- ^ Ministry of Health, Circular 24/62, 19 October 1962, Copy held by Kendal Archives, WC/W/A1568/Box 9/W/2/1
- ^ French, Philip (24 June 2007), "We saw the light, but too late for some", The Observer, retrieved 15 August 2015
- ^ "No. 40829". The London Gazette. 13 July 1956. pp. 4075–4076.
- ^ "No. 46352". The London Gazette. 24 September 1974. p. 7918.