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John Percival Postgate's daughter Dame [[Margaret Cole]] (1893–1980) was married in 1918 to the socialist [[economist]] and writer [[G.D.H. Cole]]. They wrote over 30 [[detective novel]]s together between 1925 and 1948. She went into London politics and received a [[Order of the British Empire|DBE]]. Her brother [[Raymond Postgate]] (1896 –1971) was notable as a [[socialist]], journalist and editor, social historian, [[mystery fiction|mystery novelist]] and gourmet. He founded ''[[The Good Food Guide]]'' in 1951, which was ahead of its time in being largely based on volunteer reports on restaurants. He married Daisy Lansbury (1892–1971), daughter of, and secretary to, the politician [[George Lansbury]] (1859–1940) who led the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] from 1932 to 1935, and whose biography was among Raymond's books. |
John Percival Postgate's daughter Dame [[Margaret Cole]] (1893–1980) was married in 1918 to the socialist [[economist]] and writer [[G.D.H. Cole]]. They wrote over 30 [[detective novel]]s together between 1925 and 1948. She went into London politics and received a [[Order of the British Empire|DBE]]. Her brother [[Raymond Postgate]] (1896 –1971) was notable as a [[socialist]], journalist and editor, social historian, [[mystery fiction|mystery novelist]] and gourmet. He founded ''[[The Good Food Guide]]'' in 1951, which was ahead of its time in being largely based on volunteer reports on restaurants. He married Daisy Lansbury (1892–1971), daughter of, and secretary to, the politician [[George Lansbury]] (1859–1940) who led the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] from 1932 to 1935, and whose biography was among Raymond's books. |
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In the next generation, Raymond's children include the [[microbiologist]] [[John Postgate (microbiologist)|John Postgate]] [[Fellow of the Royal Society|FRS]] (1922–2014),<ref name="whoswho">{{Who's Who|surname=POSTGATE|othernames=Prof. John Raymond|id=U31218|volume=2014|edition=online edition via [[Oxford University Press]]}} {{subscription required}}</ref> Professor of Microbiology at the [[University of Sussex]], who was also a writer on, and sometime performer of, [[jazz]].<ref>[https://royalsociety.org/about-us/fellowship/fellows Royal Society list of Fellows]; Postgate was elected in 1977.</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=-cFPZHPo_hgC&pg=PR1&lpg=PR1 John Postgate (microbiologist) profile], Cambridge University Press; accessed 23 April 2016.</ref> His brother, [[Oliver Postgate|Richard Oliver Postgate]] (1925–2008), was an [[animator]], [[puppeteer]] and writer, who created television series such as ''[[Noggin the Nog]]'', ''[[Ivor the Engine]]'', ''[[Clangers]]'' from the 1950s to the 1980s. Oliver Postgate had 3 |
In the next generation, Raymond's children include the [[microbiologist]] [[John Postgate (microbiologist)|John Postgate]] [[Fellow of the Royal Society|FRS]] (1922–2014),<ref name="whoswho">{{Who's Who|surname=POSTGATE|othernames=Prof. John Raymond|id=U31218|volume=2014|edition=online edition via [[Oxford University Press]]}} {{subscription required}}</ref> Professor of Microbiology at the [[University of Sussex]], who was also a writer on, and sometime performer of, [[jazz]].<ref>[https://royalsociety.org/about-us/fellowship/fellows Royal Society list of Fellows]; Postgate was elected in 1977.</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=-cFPZHPo_hgC&pg=PR1&lpg=PR1 John Postgate (microbiologist) profile], Cambridge University Press; accessed 23 April 2016.</ref> His brother, [[Oliver Postgate|Richard Oliver Postgate]] (1925–2008), was an [[animator]], [[puppeteer]] and writer, who created television series such as ''[[Noggin the Nog]]'', ''[[Ivor the Engine]]'', ''[[Clangers]]'' from the 1950s to the 1980s. Oliver Postgate had 3 sons.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hayward|first=Anthony|title=Postgate, Richard Oliver (1925–2008)|work=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography|publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2012 |url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/100678|accessdate=28 May 2012 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/100678}}</ref> Their cousin, actress Dame [[Angela Lansbury]] (born 1925), has had a film and stage career spanning over 70 years. |
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Another son of John Percival Postgate was Ormond Oliver Postgate (1905–1989). His son [[Nicholas Postgate (academic)|Nicholas Postgate]],<ref name="whoswho2">{{Who's Who|surname=POSTGATE|othernames=Prof. (John) Nicholas|id=U31217|volume=2014|edition=online edition via [[Oxford University Press]]}} {{subscription required}}</ref> [[Fellow of the British Academy|FBA]] (born 5 November 1945) is a British academic and [[Assyriology|Assyriologist]]. He is Professor of Assyriology at the [[University of Cambridge]] and a fellow of [[Trinity College, Cambridge]].<ref name="bio - Debrett's">{{cite web|title=(John) Nicholas POSTGATE|url=http://www.debretts.com/people-of-today-profile?person=8190|work=People of Today|publisher=Debrett's|accessdate=14 February 2014|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923220321/http://www.debretts.com/people-of-today-profile?person=8190|archivedate=23 September 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref> |
Another son of John Percival Postgate was Ormond Oliver Postgate (1905–1989). His son [[Nicholas Postgate (academic)|Nicholas Postgate]],<ref name="whoswho2">{{Who's Who|surname=POSTGATE|othernames=Prof. (John) Nicholas|id=U31217|volume=2014|edition=online edition via [[Oxford University Press]]}} {{subscription required}}</ref> [[Fellow of the British Academy|FBA]] (born 5 November 1945) is a British academic and [[Assyriology|Assyriologist]]. He is Professor of Assyriology at the [[University of Cambridge]] and a fellow of [[Trinity College, Cambridge]].<ref name="bio - Debrett's">{{cite web|title=(John) Nicholas POSTGATE|url=http://www.debretts.com/people-of-today-profile?person=8190|work=People of Today|publisher=Debrett's|accessdate=14 February 2014|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923220321/http://www.debretts.com/people-of-today-profile?person=8190|archivedate=23 September 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref> |
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The Postgate family is an English family that has been notable in a variety of different fields. It originated in the North York Moors and records go back to land held by Postgates in 1200. Fields and a farm bearing the name still exist. The name is rare outside Yorkshire.
John Postgate (food safety campaigner) (1820–1881) was an English surgeon who became Professor of Medical Jurisprudence and Toxicology at Queen's College, Birmingham (which later became Birmingham University) and was a leading campaigner against food adulteration.[1]
His son John Percival Postgate (1853–1926) was professor of comparative philology at University College, London, then of Latin at the University of Liverpool from 1909 to 1920. He edited the Classical Review and the Classical Quarterly, and published both school textbooks and editions of Latin poetry. He married Edith Allen,[2] and they had six children.
John Percival Postgate's daughter Dame Margaret Cole (1893–1980) was married in 1918 to the socialist economist and writer G.D.H. Cole. They wrote over 30 detective novels together between 1925 and 1948. She went into London politics and received a DBE. Her brother Raymond Postgate (1896 –1971) was notable as a socialist, journalist and editor, social historian, mystery novelist and gourmet. He founded The Good Food Guide in 1951, which was ahead of its time in being largely based on volunteer reports on restaurants. He married Daisy Lansbury (1892–1971), daughter of, and secretary to, the politician George Lansbury (1859–1940) who led the Labour Party from 1932 to 1935, and whose biography was among Raymond's books.
In the next generation, Raymond's children include the microbiologist John Postgate FRS (1922–2014),[3] Professor of Microbiology at the University of Sussex, who was also a writer on, and sometime performer of, jazz.[4][5] His brother, Richard Oliver Postgate (1925–2008), was an animator, puppeteer and writer, who created television series such as Noggin the Nog, Ivor the Engine, Clangers from the 1950s to the 1980s. Oliver Postgate had 3 sons.[6] Their cousin, actress Dame Angela Lansbury (born 1925), has had a film and stage career spanning over 70 years.
Another son of John Percival Postgate was Ormond Oliver Postgate (1905–1989). His son Nicholas Postgate,[7] FBA (born 5 November 1945) is a British academic and Assyriologist. He is Professor of Assyriology at the University of Cambridge and a fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge.[8]
The family is probably related collaterally to the Catholic recusant priest and martyr Blessed Nicholas Postgate (1596/97 – 7 August 1679) who was hanged, disembowelled and quartered at York in the aftermath of the Popish Plot, as well as to Michael Postgate who founded the Postgate School at Great Ayton where Captain Cook was educated.[9] An American branch was founded by emigrant William Postgate (1819–1861), brother of John the food safety campaigner, whose descendants include John W Postgate (playwright) and Margaret J Postgate (sculptor).[citation needed]
Biographies and autobiographies
- John Postgate (2001) Lethal Lozenges and Tainted Tea: A Biography of John Postgate (1820–1881). ISBN 978-1-85858-178-1
- Cole, Margaret (1949) Growing up into Revolution
- Cole, Margaret (1971) The Life of G. D. H. Cole
- Mitchison, N., (1982) Margaret Cole, 1893–1980 ISBN 0-7163-0482-1
- Vernon, B. D. (1986) Margaret Cole, 1893–1980: A Political Biography ISBN 0-7099-2611-1
- John & Mary Postgate, A Stomach For Dissent: The Life Of Raymond Postgate, (Keele University Press, 1994).
- Seeing Things: An Autobiography, Oliver Postgate; illustrated by Peter Firmin, 2000 – ISBN 0-330-39000-7; republished in 2009 – ISBN 978-1-84767-840-9
- John Postgate (2013), Microbes, Music and Me, ISBN 9781861511003
References
- ^ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1896). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 46. London: Smith, Elder & Co. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/35582.
- ^ "Postgate, John Percival (PSTT872JP)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ POSTGATE. "POSTGATE, Prof. John Raymond". Who's Who. Vol. 2014 (online edition via Oxford University Press ed.). A & C Black.
{{cite encyclopedia}}: Unknown parameter|othernames=ignored (help) (Subscription or UK public library membership required.) (subscription required) - ^ Royal Society list of Fellows; Postgate was elected in 1977.
- ^ John Postgate (microbiologist) profile, Cambridge University Press; accessed 23 April 2016.
- ^ Hayward, Anthony (2012). "Postgate, Richard Oliver (1925–2008)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/100678. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
- ^ POSTGATE. "POSTGATE, Prof. (John) Nicholas". Who's Who. Vol. 2014 (online edition via Oxford University Press ed.). A & C Black.
{{cite encyclopedia}}: Unknown parameter|othernames=ignored (help) (Subscription or UK public library membership required.) (subscription required) - ^ "(John) Nicholas POSTGATE". People of Today. Debrett's. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Postgate (2001) pp. 75–76, where more sources concerning Nicholas and Michael may be found.