E. W. F. Tomlin
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Eric Walter Frederick Tomlin CBE
(1913-1988) was a British essayist, known mostly for many books and articles on philosophical topics.
He knew both T. S. Eliot
and Wyndham Lewis
, and wrote on them.
in Japan from 1961 to 1967.
He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire
(OBE) in 1959 and raised to Commander (CBE) in 1965.
Order of the British Empire
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...
(1913-1988) was a British essayist, known mostly for many books and articles on philosophical topics.
He knew both T. S. Eliot
T. S. Eliot
Thomas Stearns "T. S." Eliot OM was a playwright, literary critic, and arguably the most important English-language poet of the 20th century. Although he was born an American he moved to the United Kingdom in 1914 and was naturalised as a British subject in 1927 at age 39.The poem that made his...
and Wyndham Lewis
Wyndham Lewis
Percy Wyndham Lewis was an English painter and author . He was a co-founder of the Vorticist movement in art, and edited the literary magazine of the Vorticists, BLAST...
, and wrote on them.
Life
He was head of the British CouncilBritish Council
The British Council is a United Kingdom-based organisation specialising in international educational and cultural opportunities. It is registered as a charity both in England and Wales, and in Scotland...
in Japan from 1961 to 1967.
He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Order of the British Empire
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...
(OBE) in 1959 and raised to Commander (CBE) in 1965.
Works
- Turkey, the Modern Miracle (1940)
- Life in Modern Turkey (1946)
- The Approach to Metaphysics (1947)
- The Oriental philosophers; an introduction (1950), First pub. abroad as The great philosophers: The Eastern world (1950), reprinted as Great philosophers of the East (1959)
- The Western philosophers; an introduction (1950), First pub. abroad as The great philosophers: The Western world (1950), reprinted as Great philosophers of the West (1959)
- R. G. Collingwood (1953)
- Simone Weil (1954)
- Living and Knowing (1955)
- Wyndham Lewis (1955)
- T. S. Eliot : a tribute from Japan (1966) editor with Masao Hirai
- Tokyo essays (1967)
- Charles Dickens, 1812-1870; a Centennial Volume (1969) editor
- Wyndham Lewis - An Anthology of His Prose (1969) editor
- Japan (1973)
- The Last country: My Years in Japan (1974)
- Arnold Toynbee, a Selection From His Works (1978) editor
- The world of Saint Boniface (1981)
- The church of St.Morwenna and St. John the Baptist : a guide and history (1982)
- In search of Saint Piran: an account of his monastic foundation at Perranzabuloe, Cornwall (1982)
- The tall trees of Marsland: reflections on life and time
- Philosophers of East and West: The Quest for the Meaning of Existence in Eastern and Western Thought
- Psyche, Culture and the New Science: the Role of PN (1985) on Psychic Nutrition (1985)
- T. S. Eliot: A Friendship (1988)