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'''David Guest''' ( |
'''David Guest''' (1911– 28 July 1938) was a [[Communism|Communist]] [[United Kingdom|British]] [[mathematics|mathematician]] and [[philosophy|philosopher]] who volunteered to fight in the [[Spanish Civil War]] and was killed in [[Spain]] in 1938. His father was [[Leslie Haden-Guest, 1st Baron Haden-Guest]]. He entered [[Trinity College, Cambridge]], in 1929 and studied from 1930 to 1931 in [[Göttingen]] in [[Germany]], where he became involved in anti-[[Nazism|Nazi]] politics, and joined the Communist Party at Cambridge 1931. After leaving Cambridge he lectured in [[mathematics]] and worked for the Communist party, even teaching in a secondary school for English-speaking children in [[Moscow]]. |
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In 1938 he left work as a lecturer at [[University of Southampton|University College]] in [[Southampton]] to volunteer for the [[International Brigade]] fighting in Spain. He wrote of his decision: |
In 1938 he left work as a lecturer at [[University of Southampton|University College]] in [[Southampton]] to volunteer for the [[International Brigade]] fighting in Spain. He wrote of his decision: |
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On 28 July 1938<ref>http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/History/spanjews.pdf Against Fascism - Jews who served in The |
On 28 July 1938<ref>http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/History/spanjews.pdf Against Fascism - Jews who served in The |
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International Brigade in the Spanish Civil War</ref><ref>http://www.international-brigades.org.uk/british_volunteers/roll_of_honour.htm List of those who died in Spain</ref> during the [[Battle of the Ebro]] David Guest was killed at [[Gandesa]] by a sniper as he read a newspaper.<ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2005/may/01/spain.uk Forgotten warriors return to battle sites - The Guardian, 1 May 2005</ref><ref>http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10D1FF93455117289DDAE0894D0405B888FF1D3 TEACHER KILLED IN SPAIN; David Guest, British Communist, Fought With Loyalists - The New York Times, August 07, 1938</ref> After his death, notes he had made while lecturing at the Marx Memorial Workers' School were published as ''A Text Book of [[Dialectical Materialism]]'' in 1939. |
International Brigade in the Spanish Civil War</ref><ref>http://www.international-brigades.org.uk/british_volunteers/roll_of_honour.htm List of those who died in Spain</ref> during the [[Battle of the Ebro]] David Guest was killed on Hill 481<ref>http://www.stanford.edu/group/auden/cgi-bin/auden/individual.php?pid=I14848&ged=auden-bicknell.ged David Haden-Guest (I14848)</ref> at [[Gandesa]] by a sniper as he read a newspaper.<ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2005/may/01/spain.uk Forgotten warriors return to battle sites - The Guardian, 1 May 2005</ref><ref>http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10D1FF93455117289DDAE0894D0405B888FF1D3 TEACHER KILLED IN SPAIN; David Guest, British Communist, Fought With Loyalists - The New York Times, August 07, 1938</ref> After his death, notes he had made while lecturing at the Marx Memorial Workers' School were published as ''A Text Book of [[Dialectical Materialism]]'' in 1939. |
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== Further reading == |
== Further reading == |
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Revision as of 18:21, 24 March 2012
David Guest (1911– 28 July 1938) was a Communist British mathematician and philosopher who volunteered to fight in the Spanish Civil War and was killed in Spain in 1938. His father was Leslie Haden-Guest, 1st Baron Haden-Guest. He entered Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1929 and studied from 1930 to 1931 in Göttingen in Germany, where he became involved in anti-Nazi politics, and joined the Communist Party at Cambridge 1931. After leaving Cambridge he lectured in mathematics and worked for the Communist party, even teaching in a secondary school for English-speaking children in Moscow.
In 1938 he left work as a lecturer at University College in Southampton to volunteer for the International Brigade fighting in Spain. He wrote of his decision:
Today we have certainly entered a period of crisis, when the arguments of 'normal times' no longer apply, when considerations of most immediate usefulness come in. That is why I have decided to take the opportunity of going to Spain.
On 28 July 1938[1][2] during the Battle of the Ebro David Guest was killed on Hill 481[3] at Gandesa by a sniper as he read a newspaper.[4][5] After his death, notes he had made while lecturing at the Marx Memorial Workers' School were published as A Text Book of Dialectical Materialism in 1939.
Further reading
- Guest, David A Text Book Of Dialectical Materialism, 1939, Lawrence And Wishart.
- Guest, David Lectures On Marxist Philosophy, 1963, International Publishers NY.
- Guest, Carmel Hayden David Guest - A Scientist Fights For Freedom 1911-1938, 1939, Lawrence and Wishart.
References
- ^ http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/History/spanjews.pdf Against Fascism - Jews who served in The International Brigade in the Spanish Civil War
- ^ http://www.international-brigades.org.uk/british_volunteers/roll_of_honour.htm List of those who died in Spain
- ^ http://www.stanford.edu/group/auden/cgi-bin/auden/individual.php?pid=I14848&ged=auden-bicknell.ged David Haden-Guest (I14848)
- ^ http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2005/may/01/spain.uk Forgotten warriors return to battle sites - The Guardian, 1 May 2005
- ^ http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10D1FF93455117289DDAE0894D0405B888FF1D3 TEACHER KILLED IN SPAIN; David Guest, British Communist, Fought With Loyalists - The New York Times, August 07, 1938