John Bayliss (born 1919) was a Britishpoet and significant literary editor of the World War II period; later in life a civil servant. He was born in Gloucestershire, and was an undergraduate at St Catharine's College, Cambridge. He served in the RAF. 1919 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Poets are authors of poems, or of other forms of poetry such as dramatic verse. ... World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human sacrifice, fierce indoctrinations, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons—the atom bomb being the ultimate. ... Gloucestershire (pronounced [ ˈglɒstəʃəʳ]; GLOSS-ter-sher) is a ceremonial and administrative county in southwest England. ... Full name Collegium sive aula D. Catharinæ in Universitate Cantabrigiensi Motto - Named after St Catharine of Alexandria Previous names Katharine Hall (1473-1860) Established 1473 Sister College Worcester College Master Prof. ... The Royal Air Force (often abbreviated to RAF) is the air force branch of the UK Armed Forces. ...
He edited: The Fortune Anthology (1942) with Nicholas Moore, and Douglas Newton; New Road (1943 and 1944) with Alex Comfort; A Romantic Miscellany (1946) with Derek Stanford. His collection The White Knight and other poems was published in 1944. He contributed in the war years to Poetry London and Poetry Quarterly; later to Poetry Review. He was also published in Air Force Poetry (1944). Nicholas Moore (1918 - 1986) was an English poet, associated with the New Apocalyptics in the 1940s, who later dropped out of the literary world. ... Alexander Comfort (February 10, 1920 _ March 26, 2000) was a medical professional, anarchist, pacifist and writer, best known as of 2003 for The Joy of Sex, which played a part what is often called the sexual revolution. ...
He is sometimes associated with the New Apocalyptics, perhaps because of his poem Apocalypse and Resurrection; he is also called a surrealist, or New Romantic. The New Apocalyptics were a poetry grouping in the UK in the 1940s, taking their name from the anthology The New Apocalypse (1939), which was edited by J. F. Hendry (1912-1986) and Henry Treece. ... Surrealism is an artistic movement and an aesthetic philosophy that aims for the liberation of the mind by emphasizing the critical and imaginative powers of the subconscious. ...
They were selected to receive the Bayliss Scholarship because of their academic achievement and extracurricular radio activities, their passion for radio and their desire to contribute to the overall advancement of the radio industry.
The Bayliss Foundation was established in 1985 to honor the life and work of JohnBayliss, one of the radio industry's most dedicated and respected executives.
JohnBayliss was a generous mentor for young people entering the field and remembered by his colleagues as an innovative, problem-solving leader.
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