Edward Tangye Lean (23 February 1911 – 28 October 1974) was a British author
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books, BBC broadcasting director, Open Library. and original founder of the
Inklings literary club in
Oxford.
Lean's father was Francis William le Blount Lean and his mother was Helena Annie (née Tangye) Lean, who were married in 1904, separated by 1927, and were both
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After leaving
Leighton Park School, Tangye Lean was an undergraduate at
University College, Oxford. While at
Oxford, he founded the original Inklings club around 1931, for the reading of unfinished compositions. The club consisted of students and dons, including
J. R. R. Tolkien and
C. S. Lewis. When Lean left Oxford in 1933, the club faltered. However, its name was transferred by Tolkien and Lewis to their literary group at
Magdalen College. Lean also contributed to the ''
Isis'' magazine at Oxford.
Lean went on to become a writer, especially on historical themes.
He was a journalist and book reviewer for the ''
News Chronicle''.
Later, he was Director of
External Broadcasting at the BBC.
(Edward) Tangye Lean (1911–1974), Director of External Broadcasting BBC
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, England.
Books
* ''Of Unsound Mind'' (Cobden-Sanderson, 1932)
* ''Storm in Oxford'' (Cobden-Sanderson, 1932)
*
Voices in the Darkness
' ( Secker and Warburg, 1943)
* ''The Napoleonists: A study in political disaffection, 1760–1960 '' ( Oxford University Press, 1970)
See also
* Literature in Oxford
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References
1911 births
1974 deaths
People educated at Leighton Park School
Alumni of University College, Oxford
Inklings
English male journalists
English literary critics
20th-century English novelists
BBC executives
British male novelists
20th-century English male writers
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