Frank Kendon
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Frank Samuel Herbert Kendon (1893 - December 28, 1959) was an English writer, poet and academic. He was also an illustrator, and journalist.
He was educated at St John's College, Cambridge
, where he became a Fellow in 1948. He was a published poet in the 1920s and later a writer of stories and a novel. From 1935 to 1954 he worked for Cambridge University Press
. At the beginning of World War II
he was a campaigning pacifist. Kendon had a son named Adam Kendon
, born 1934 in London.
After the war, he undertook the translations of the Psalms
in the New English Bible
, but died before he could complete the work.
He was educated at St John's College, Cambridge
St John's College, Cambridge
St John's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college's alumni include nine Nobel Prize winners, six Prime Ministers, three archbishops, at least two princes, and three Saints....
, where he became a Fellow in 1948. He was a published poet in the 1920s and later a writer of stories and a novel. From 1935 to 1954 he worked for Cambridge University Press
Cambridge University Press
Cambridge University Press is the publishing business of the University of Cambridge. Granted letters patent by Henry VIII in 1534, it is the world's oldest publishing house, and the second largest university press in the world...
. At the beginning of World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
he was a campaigning pacifist. Kendon had a son named Adam Kendon
Adam Kendon
Adam Kendon is one of the world's foremost authorities on the topic of gesture. He initially focused on sign systems in Papua New Guinea and Australian Aboriginal sign languages, before developing a general framework for understanding gestures with the same kind of rigorous semiotic analysis as...
, born 1934 in London.
After the war, he undertook the translations of the Psalms
Psalms
The Book of Psalms , commonly referred to simply as Psalms, is a book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Bible...
in the New English Bible
New English Bible
The New English Bible is a translation of the Bible into modern English directly from the original Greek, Hebrew, and Aramaic texts . The New Testament was published in 1961...
, but died before he could complete the work.
Works
- Poems by Four Authors (1923) with J. R. AckerleyJ. R. AckerleyJ. R. Ackerley was arts editor of The Listener, the weekly magazine of the BBC...
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, and Edward Davison - Poems and Sonnets (1924)
- Mural paintings in English churches during the Middle Ages: an introductory essay on the folk influence in religious art (Bodley Head 1923)
- Arguments & Emblems (1925)
- A Life and Death of Judas Iscariot (Bodley Head 1926))
- The Small Years (1930) autobiography
- The Adventure of Poetry (1932)
- Tristram (1934) poem
- The Cherry Minder (1935) poems
- The Flawless Stone (1942) poem
- The Time Piece (1945) poem
- Each Silver Fly
- The Farmers Friend
- Cage & Wing (1947) poem
- Martin Makesure (1950) novel
- Jacob & Thomas: Darkness (1950)
- Thirty Six Psalms, an English Version Cambridge University Press, 1963