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Wolfenden of Westcott, John Frederick Wolfenden, Baron, 1906-1985

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Personal name headingWolfenden of Westcott, John Frederick Wolfenden, Baron, 1906-1985
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Variant(s)Wolfenden, J. F. (John Frederick), 1906-1985
Wolfenden, John Frederick, Baron Wolfenden of Westcott
Wolfenden, John Frederick, Sir, 1906-1985
Wolfenden, Lord, 1906-1985
Wolfenden of Westcott, Baron, 1906-1985
Birth date1906-06-26
Death date1985-01-18
Place of birthSwindon (Wiltshire, England)
Place of deathGuildford (England)
AffiliationBritish Museum Great Britain. Committee on Homosexual Offences and Prostitution
Profession or occupationTeachers Museum directors Librarians School principals
Found inHis The approach to philosophy, 1932.
Ww, 1985 (Wolfenden of Westcott, John Frederick Wolfenden, b. 26 June 1906; Kt 1956; Baron cr. 1974; Educator: Headmaster, Vice-Chancellor, Dir. and Principal Librarian, British Museum); 1986 (d. 18 Jan. 1985)
LC in OCLC, 4-8-96 (hdg.: Wolfenden, John Frederick, Baron Wolfenden of Westcott; usages: J.F. Wolfenden; Sir John Frederick Wolfenden; Lord Wolfenden; Baron Wolfenden of Westcott)
Report of the Committee on Homosexual Offences and Prostitution, 1957: page 2 (Sir John Wolfenden, C.B.E. (Chairman))
Wikipedia, viewed October 6, 2015 (John Wolfenden, Baron Wolfenden; 26 June 1906, Swindon, Wiltshire - 18 January 1985, Guildford, Surrey; British educationalist probably best remembered for chairing the Wolfenden Committee whose report, recommending the decriminalisation of homosexuality, was published in 1957)
Associated languageeng