Peter Ritchie Calder

Peter Ritchie Calder

Peter Ritchie Ritchie-Calder, Baron Ritchie-Calder (1906, Forfar, Angus - 1982, Edinburgh) was a noted Scottish author, journalist and academic.

Calder first worked as a journalist in Dundee and Glasgow, where he became noted as a socialist and peace activist.

After moving to London before World War II, he accepted an appointment as the Director of Plans and Campaigns at the Political Warfare Executive branch of the Government, which was responsible for the allied war propaganda effort. He wrote propaganda posters and leaflets and speeches for allied leaders. He was a member of the 1941 Committee, a group of liberal politicians, writers and other people of influence in the United Kingdom. In 1941 he became popular with his book "Carry on London", which described the effects of the German bombardment of London, Coventry and other cities in Great Britain.

After the war Ritchie-Calder returned to his former activities as a writer and specialised in internationalism, the peace movement and in the public understanding of science. He worked also with the United Nations and was President of the National Peace Council and of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. Calder was an ardent peace activist and humanist. In 1980 he was one of the signatories of A Secular Humanist Declaration, a statement of belief in Democratic Secular Humanism, issued by the Council for Democratic and Secular Humanism ("CODESH"), now the Council for Secular Humanism ("CSH").

He also taught International Relations at the University of Edinburgh, from 1961 to 1967. He was created a life peer as Baron Ritchie-Calder, of Balmashanner in the Royal Burgh of Forfar in 1966 and received the 1960 Kalinga prize.

Lord Ritchie-Calder is the father of science writer Nigel Calder (b.1931), writer and historian Angus Calder (b.1942) and educationist Isla Calder (1946-2000). He is also the grandfather of travel writer Simon Calder.

Peter Ritchie Ritchie-Calder, Barão Ritchie-Calder (1906, Forfar, Angus - 1982, Edimburgo) foi um autor observou escocês, jornalista e acadêmico.

Calder primeiro trabalhou como jornalista em Dundee e Glasgow, onde ele ficou assinalada como um militante socialista e de paz.

Após mudar-se para Londres antes da Segunda Guerra Mundial, ele aceitou uma nomeação como o Diretor de Planos e Campanhas Político Warfare no ramo executivo do governo, que era responsável pela propaganda aliada guerra esforço. Ele escreveu propaganda cartazes e folhetos e discursos de líderes aliados. Ele era um membro da Comissão 1941, um grupo de políticos liberais, escritores e outras pessoas de influência no Reino Unido. Em 1941 ele se tornou popular em seu livro Carry em Londres, que descreve os efeitos do bombardeio alemão de Londres, Coventry e de outras cidades da Grã-Bretanha.

Depois da guerra Ritchie-Calder regressou à sua anterior actividade como escritor e especializada no internacionalismo, o movimento pacifista e na compreensão da ciência pelo público. Ele também trabalhou com as Nações Unidas e foi presidente do Conselho Nacional Paz e da Campanha para o Desarmamento Nuclear. Calder foi um fervoroso militante da paz e humanista. Em 1980 ele foi um dos signatários da Declaração Um Humanista Secular, uma declaração da crença na Democrática Humanismo Secular, emitido pelo Conselho para democrática e secular Humanismo ( "CODESH"), agora o Conselho do Humanismo Secular ( "CSH").

Ele também ensinou Relações Internacionais na Universidade de Edimburgo, a partir de 1961 a 1967. Ele foi criado como uma vida peer Barão Ritchie-Calder, de Balmashanner no Royal Burgh de Forfar em 1966 e 1960 recebeu o prêmio Kalinga.

External links

* [http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/scotgaz/people/famousfirst2859.html Peter Ritchie Calder] . Scottish Gazetteer.


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