W. Horsfall Carter
Encyclopedia
William Horsfall Carter, most commonly known in print as W. Horsfall Carter (25 March 1900 - 9 June 1976) was a British journalist and European civil servant. He wrote and lectured on international affairs, and translated into English from French
, German
and Spanish
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, where he gained a first in modern languages in 1922. After a while as Laming Travelling Fellow at Queen's College, Oxford, Carter entered journalism. He was editorial assistant and assistant leader-writer at The Spectator
from 1928 to 1930, and on the editorial staff of the Christian Science Monitor in 1931. From 1932 to 1933 he was Secretary of the New Commonwealth Society, and editor of The New Commonwealth form 1932 to 1936. From 1937 to 1939 he edited The Fortnightly Review. He wrote leaders for the Manchester Guardian in 1940-42, and was European Publicity Officer for the BBC in 1942-43.
Becoming a civil servant, Carter worked for the Research Department of the Foreign Office from 1943 to 1951, rising to be Head of the Western Europe Section from 1947 to 1951. From 1951 until 1961 he was Head of the Publications DIvision of the Secretariat of the Council of Europe
at Strasbourg
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French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
, German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
and Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
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Life
W. Horsfall Carter was educated at St John's College, OxfordSt John's College, Oxford
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, where he gained a first in modern languages in 1922. After a while as Laming Travelling Fellow at Queen's College, Oxford, Carter entered journalism. He was editorial assistant and assistant leader-writer at The Spectator
The Spectator
The Spectator is a weekly British magazine first published on 6 July 1828. It is currently owned by David and Frederick Barclay, who also owns The Daily Telegraph. Its principal subject areas are politics and culture...
from 1928 to 1930, and on the editorial staff of the Christian Science Monitor in 1931. From 1932 to 1933 he was Secretary of the New Commonwealth Society, and editor of The New Commonwealth form 1932 to 1936. From 1937 to 1939 he edited The Fortnightly Review. He wrote leaders for the Manchester Guardian in 1940-42, and was European Publicity Officer for the BBC in 1942-43.
Becoming a civil servant, Carter worked for the Research Department of the Foreign Office from 1943 to 1951, rising to be Head of the Western Europe Section from 1947 to 1951. From 1951 until 1961 he was Head of the Publications DIvision of the Secretariat of the Council of Europe
Council of Europe
The Council of Europe is an international organisation promoting co-operation between all countries of Europe in the areas of legal standards, human rights, democratic development, the rule of law and cultural co-operation...
at Strasbourg
Strasbourg
Strasbourg is the capital and principal city of the Alsace region in eastern France and is the official seat of the European Parliament. Located close to the border with Germany, it is the capital of the Bas-Rhin département. The city and the region of Alsace are historically German-speaking,...
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Works
- (tr. with Mrs Krassin) The Life of Leonid Krassin, 1928
- (tr.) War again to-morrow, London: Faber & Faber, Ltd, 1932
- (tr. with R. Ashley Audra and Cloudesley Brereton) The two sources of morality and religion by Henri BergsonHenri BergsonHenri-Louis Bergson was a major French philosopher, influential especially in the first half of the 20th century. Bergson convinced many thinkers that immediate experience and intuition are more significant than rationalism and science for understanding reality.He was awarded the 1927 Nobel Prize...
. New York: H. Holt and Co., 1935. - (tr.) The Law of Peace by Cornelis van VollenhovenCornelis van VollenhovenCornelis van Vollenhoven was a Dutch law professor and legal scholar, best known for his work on the legal systems of the East Indies....
. London: Macmillan and Co., 1936. - (tr.) Modern language teaching by television : A survey based on the principal experiments carried out in Western Europe by Raymond Hickel. Strasbourg., 1965.
- Speaking European: the Anglo-Continental cleavage, London: Allen & Unwin, 1966