Eric Austen

Eric Austen (3 November 1922 – 1 July 1999) was an English designer and teacher, and played a part in the creation of the well-known ND symbol, as used, among others, by the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND).

Early life He grew up in the Norfolk village of Hethersett, and described his childhood in his 1996 book All that I was : a village childhood in the thirties (Mousehold Press: ), which has a foreword by Richard Hoggart. He attended Hethersett British School and then City of Norwich School, a grammar school to which he won a scholarship.

Personal life Austen was married three times; to Nina Carmela, Audrey Whiting and Kate Taylor.

When he died of leukemia on 1 July 1999, he left a daughter Gea (by Audrey Whiting) and two grandsons.