Ruthven Todd

Ruthven Campbell Todd (14 June 1914 ?1978) was a Scottish poet and novelist, known also as an editor of William Blake, and as an artist.

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14 June - 1914 - 1978 - Scottish - William Blake

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He was born in Edinburgh, and educated at Fettes College and Edinburgh School of Art. After a short spell in the office of his father, an architect. he worked as an agricultural labourer on Mull. for two years. He then started a career in copy-writing and journalism, while writing poetry and novels, based in Edinburgh, London, and Dunmow in Essex. He was involved with the surrealists at the time of the 1936 International Surrealist Exhibition.

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Edinburgh - Fettes College - Edinburgh School of Art - Mull - Dunmow - Essex - Surrealist - International Surrealist Exhibition

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During World War II he was a conscientious objector. He moved to the USA in 1947. There he had a position at the University of New York, and ran a small press, the Weekend Press, during the 1950s.

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World War II - Conscientious objector - USA - University of New York - Small press

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He settled in Majorca in 1958, where he died.

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He wrote also under the pseudonym R. T. Campbell; he contributed to children's literature with the Space Cats series.

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Pseudonym - Children's literature

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