1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Loughborough Constituency – Biography of Follick

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Loughborough

CANDIDATE : Follick

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. M. Follick, an advocate of spelling reform, is a linguist, speaking seven languages and having a working knowledge of 14. He founded a school of languages in London. Born in 1887, he was educated at the Sorbonne, Paris, and the Universities of Halle and Padua, and for four years was professor of English at Madrid University. He has been secretary to the Aga Khan, Sir Robert Philip (Prime Minister of Queensland), and the Sultan of Morocco, and is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and Royal Society of Arts.

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