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On This Day 28 September Reginald 'Reg' John Hollingdale, scholar and journalist died

27/9/2020

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RJ Hollingdale, who translated most of Nietzsche's texts, wrote a definitive biography of the philosopher and, in 1989, was elected founding president of the Friedrich Nietzsche Society. Affectionately known as "Reg", he was also a journalist, working as a sub-editor at the Guardian, and as a critic for the Times Literary Supplement.

Many assumed, wrongly, that Hollingdale was a trained academic

 In fact, he was born and raised in Streatham, attended Tooting Bec grammar school, left at 16, did national service in the RAF, and then paid to have private German lessons.

​ At a time when paper shortages made jobs scarce for journalists, he mastered his crafts as journalist, linguist and writer through a mixture of singleminded determination and sheer talent.
(Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/…/o…/10/guardianobituaries.books)


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