Marie and Robert Weatherall were a married couple who collaborated in translating the work of

Karel Čapek Karel Čapek (; 9 January 1890 – 25 December 1938) was a Czech writer, playwright and critic. He has become best known for his science fiction, including his novel ''War with the Newts'' (1936) and play ''R.U.R.'' (''Rossum's Universal Ro ...

into

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. Marie Weatherall, née Isakovicsová (1897 – 1972) was from

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. Educated at

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, Marie had obtained her doctorate and married Robert Weatherall by 1927, when she published an article on

Walter Pater Walter Horatio Pater (4 August 1839 – 30 July 1894) was an English essayist, art critic and literary critic, and fiction writer, regarded as one of the great stylists. His first and most often reprinted book, ''Studies in the History of the Re ...

in a Czechoslovak philological journal. Robert Weatherall (1899 – 27 September 1973,

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) was educated at

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before becoming a biology master at

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. Weatherall subsequently taught at

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. An active participant in the

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movement, he was on the board of the British Social Biology Council for nearly four decades, and co-editor of their journal ''Biology and Human Affairs''. In 1944, as secretary of the Education Advisory Board of the Social Hygiene Council, Weatherall proposed the setting up of a national public service to collect, wash and return diapers within 24 hours.'British Dishwashing Dean Dreams of Housework Free from Drudgery', ''Ottawa Citizen'', 4 March 1944

Translations

(incomplete list) *Jan Welzl, "The Quest for Polar Treasures" Translated by M & R weatherall, London, George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1933 *Karel Čapek, ''

War with the Newts ''War with the Newts'' (''Válka s Mloky'' in the original Czech), also translated as ''Salamander Wars'', is a 1936 satirical science fiction novel by Czech author Karel Čapek. It concerns the discovery in the Pacific of a sea-dwelling race, an ...

. Translated by M. & R. Weatherall'', New York, G.P. Putnam & Sons, 1937 *

Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk Tomáš () is a Czech and Slovak given name, equivalent to the name Thomas. It may refer to: * Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk (1850–1937), first President of Czechoslovakia * Tomáš Baťa (1876–1932), Czech footwear entrepreneur * Tomáš Berdych ( ...

and Karel Čapek, ''Masaryk on thought and life : conversations with Karel Čapek; translated from the Czech by M. & R. Weatherall'', London: G. Allen & Unwin, 1938 *Karel Čapek, ''I had a dog and a cat'', translated by M. & R. Weatherall, 1940 *Karel Čapek, ''Three novels: Hordubal, An ordinary life, Meteor. Tr. by M. and R. Weatherall'', 1948

References

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