Sydney Dawson Bailey

Sydney Dawson Bailey (1 or 2 September 191626 November 1995) was an English author, pacifist, and expert on international affairs. He worked at and was head of the Quaker United Nations Office during the 1950s. He was a conscientious objector during World War II, and spent several years in the Friends' Ambulance Unit. Bailey wrote 17 books and worked at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace from 1958 to 1960 as a visiting scholar.

Biography Sydney Dawson Bailey was born on 1 or 2 September 1916, in Hull, England, to Frank Burgess Bailey, a grain broker, and Elsie (May) Bailey, a teacher. He attended Worksop College, and left at the age of 15 or 16 and, upon returning to England, he married Jennie Elena Brenda Friedrich (1923-2021) on 26 April 1945. They had a son and daughter. He also helped people left homeless by The Blitz. Bailey also edited the National News-Letter of Stephen King-Hall.

From 1952 to 1976 Bailey organized several 10-day conferences, where diplomats from nations around the world met, notably including groups that "were not on talking terms" like the Arabs and Israelis. Bailey died on 26 November 1995, at his home in North London.

After his death, the CCAD established a fund in his memory, part of which went towards establishing the "Sydney Bailey Memorial Lecture", which was first given on 10 March 1997, by Prince Hassan bin Talal.

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