Mont Follick
Montefiore Follick (31 December 1887
Follick was born in
Follick was also the founder and proprietor of the Regent School of Languages (destroyed by enemy action, but now part of the
His publications include The Adam’s Lottery, 1919; Influence of English, 1934; Facing Facts, 1935; Efforts of Chance, 1938; English Grammar for Foreigners, 11 editions; and The Twelve Republics, 1952.[1] In his book "Facing Facts", (started in 1932) Follick accurately foretold the aggressions of Germany and the Japanese invasion of China. The book started with the words "Beware Europe" and ended with "You have been warned". The Case for Spelling Reform was published posthumously in 1965 by Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons; on p. v are the phrases "To the schoolchildren of Britain a consistent alphabet; To the nations of the world an international language".
Follick was a member of the
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0-19-954089-1.
- ^ "Historical list of MPs: constituencies beginning with "L", part 4". Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages. Archived from the original on 3 December 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2010.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Obituary, Time magazine, 22 December 1958
- ^ "Booking Rooms". Archived from the original on 2 February 2014.
- William D. Rubinstein, Michael Jolles, Hilary L. Rubinstein, The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History, Palgrave Macmillan (2011), p. 286
- ^ Who's Who of British Members of Parliament, Vol. IV, Stenton & Lees
- ^ Spelling Progress Bulletin, Vol. XV, 1975