William Thomas Goode

William Thomas Goode (1859–1932) was a British academic, linguist and journalist. As special correspondent for The Manchester Guardian, he interviewed Vladimir Lenin in Moscow in 1919. On his return journey from Moscow, he was arrested by Estonian authorities and then detained aboard a British warship. He was active in the Labour Party until his death.

Early life

Goode was born in the fourth quarter of 1859 in Warwick, Warwickshire, one of nine children of Sarah (née Adams) and William Goode, of Westgate, Warwick.

Goode held an M.A. degree from London.

Career

He was Master of Method at Owens College, Manchester from 1891 until his resignation in 1898. For the first two decades of the 20th century, Goode was principal of London County Council's Graystoke Day Training College for Teachers.

He was a of Languages. In 1911 he was awarded a second, honorary, M.A. by the Victoria University of Manchester. He lectured in Australia and New Zealand.

His journalism was usually signed W. T. Goode.

Lenin interview

In 1919, Goode travelled to and spent a month in Moscow. Near the end of his stay there, he visited The Kremlin, where he was granted a brief interview with Vladimir Lenin. He later claimed that his arrest was carried out at the behest of the British authorities. Dolvin Road, Tavistock, in 1923. aged 72, after a period of illness. He was buried at Tavistock New Cemetery. He left an estate of 34,932. Never having married, his sole executor was his nephew, H. J. London.

Works

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