Dilworth, Thomas.
Thomas Dilworth was born in Detroit, Mich., on March 31, 1945. He received his B.A. degree at St. Michael's College, Toronto, and his M.A. and Ph. D. at the University of Toronto. Dr. Dilworth is University Professor of English at the University of Windsor, Ontario, where he has taught since 1977. He is an expert on the life and works of David Jones and has written 'The shape of meaning in the poetry of David Jones' as well as edited 'Inner necessities: the letters of David Jones to Desmond Chute'.
Harman (Joseph Gerard) Grisewood was born on Feb. 8, 1906, at Wormleybury, Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, England, the son of Lieutenant-Colonel Harman Grisewood and Lucille Geneviève (Cardozo) Grisewood. He was educated at Ampleforth College and at Worcester College, Oxford, where he received a degree in English literature in 1927. Mr. Grisewood began his long association with the BBC in 1929 as a member of the repertory company. From 1933 until his retirement in 1964 he was successively an announcer; assistant to the program officer; assistant director of program planning; assistant controller of the European Division; acting controller of the European Division; director of talks; planner and then controller of the Third Programme; director of the spoken word; and, lastly, chief assistant to the director-general. He was editor of 'The Dublin review' from 1949 to 1952 and vice-president of the European Broadcasting Union from 1953 to 1954. He also served on several official government bodies, including the Lord Chancellor's Committee on Defamation and the Younger Committee on Privacy. Among the awards and honors given Mr. Grisewood were the King Christian X Freedom Medal, 1946, Commander of the Order of the British Empire, 1960, and Knight of the Order of Malta, 1960. Mr. Grisewood was the author of an autobiography, 'One thing at a time' (1968), and two novels, 'The recess' (1963) and 'The last cab on the rank' (1964). In addition, he edited several works by his friend David Jones: 'Epoch and artist : selected writings' (1959), 'The dying Gaul, and other writings' (1978), and, with René Hague, 'The Roman quarry and other sequences' (1981). Harman Grisewood died on Jan. 8, 1997 at Eye, Suffolk, England. He was survived by his wife, Margaret, neé Bailey, and a daughter, Sabina.
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