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Raymond Postgate
Raymond William Postgate (6 November 1896 – 29 March 1971) was an English socialist, author, journalist and editor, social historian, mystery novelist and gourmet, who founded the "Good Food Guide". He was a member of the Postgate family.
Biography.
Biography Early life.
Raymond Postgate was born in Cambridge, the eldest son of John Percival Postgate and Edith Allen, Postgate was educated at St John's College, Oxford, where, despite being sent down for a period because
popularizing book on microbes in human culture, "Microbes and Man", first published in 1969, remains in print.
Education and early life.
John Raymond Postgate was born on 24 June 1922, as the elder son of the writer Raymond Postgate and Daisy Postgate, née Lansbury, private secretary to her father George Lansbury, the politician who was Labour Party Leader of the Opposition 1932-35. He had one brother, Oliver Postgate, later a well-known animator and producer for British television. Several other