John Armitage

John Armitage (25 September 1910 – 1 February 1980) was the British editor of Encyclopædia Britannica.

Biography Born on 25 September 1910, John Armitage was educated at Bedford School and at Emmanuel College, Cambridge. He was Assistant Editor and then Editor of The Fortnightly Review, between 1937 and 1954. During the Second World War he served in the Royal Air Force and was promoted to the rank of Squadron Leader. He was on the editorial staff of the Times Educational Supplement, between 1946 and 1949, and was British editor of Encyclopædia Britannica, between 1949 and 1967.

John Armitage was Chairman of the Liberal Party's Education Advisory Committee between 1948 and 1956. He died on 1 February 1980, aged 69.

Publications A History of Ball Games and Rugby Fives, Lonsdale Library, 1934 To Christian England, 1942 Europe in Bondage, 1943 Partnership in Education, 1948 Encyclopædia Britannica, 14th and 15th editions, 1949–1967 Britannica Book of the Year, 1950–1965 The Unservile State, 1957 Children's Britannica, 1960 Our Children’s Education, 1960 The Oxford Companion to Sports and Games, 1975 Man at Play, 1977