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John Eric Langdon-Davies MBE (18 March 1897 – 5 December 1971) was a British author and journalist. He was a war correspondent during the Spanish Civil War and the Soviet-Finnish War . As a result of his experiences in Spain, he founded the Foster Parents' Scheme for refugee children in Spain, which is now the aid organisation Plan ...
British author and journalist John Langdon-Davies. The organisation was set up by British journalist John Langdon-Davies and refugee worker Eric Muggeridge in 1937, with the original aim to provide food, accommodation and education to children whose lives had been disrupted by the Spanish Civil War.
Davis, who could never make up his mind to take risks for a great end, yielded to these demands and adopted a policy of passive defense, which he mitigated with proposals for enterprises of so ...
- Frederick Maurice
John and Eric expanded the organization and continued to do what they did best — saving children’s lives. After the war, programs were gradually moved outside of Europe, focusing instead on Asia, Africa and the Americas. With a global reach, our name became Plan International in the 1970s. Today, Plan has a presence in more than 70 countries.
Carlos, The King Who Would Not Die. By Langdon-Davies, John. , . . . Pp. . $4.95. Hispanic American Historical Review (1964) 44 (3): 452–453. This is a hereditary “who-dunnit.”. The victim is Charles II, ill-fated biological specimen of Hapsburg inbreeding, who served as the last feeble representative of that dynasty and whose death in ...
- Jack D. L. Holmes
- 1964
John Langdon-Davies. The Spanish Civil War and the Home Guard. John Langdon-Davies in Spain with his two young sons in the 1950s. Photo by permission of Patricia Langdon-Davies. John Langdon-Davies, who lived at the Sundial in South Holmwood just outside Dorking, was a prolific political writer.
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Oct 25, 2019 · Langdon-Davies, John. Publication date 1927 Topics Women -- History and condition of women, Women, Women -- history Publisher New York : Blue Ribbon Books Collection
