Jack Morpurgo, BA Litt.D (1918-2000)

Jack Morpurgo 1989 (c) Michael Smee; Supplied by The Public Catalogue Foundation
Jack Morpurgo 1989   (c) Michael Smee; Supplied by The Public Catalogue Foundation

Author, editor at Penguin Books, Director of the National Book League and subsequent Professor of Literature

Recorded as a Council Member of the Pestalozzi Children’s Village Trust in 1960 and Chairman of Council in 1963

Morpurgo’s detailed involvement with the charity remains undiscovered at this time.

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Biographical source: The Telegraph (online) Culture-Books-Comment-Professor Jack Morpurgo. 16 Oct 2000. (Viewed 14 Aug 2015). From http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/1370520/Professor-Jack-Morpurgo.html

Photo source: BBC Your Paintings – Paintings – Professor Jack Morpurgo. (online). (n.d.).  Retrieved 15 August 2015. From:  http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/paintings/professor-jack-morpurgo-19182000-69846

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