The Parish Church of St John-at-Hampstead

Cyril Edwin Mitchinson JOAD

  • Grave/memorial: J091

Born: 1891 Died: 1953 Grave / memorial: J 091
Prodigious writer, popular broadcaster, inspiring teacher. Was Head of Philosophy Dept at Birkbeck College, became famous in the Brains Trust on radio and television. His last book was The Recovery of Belief (1952); he had re-converted to Christianity after being an agnostic for most of his life. Championed mixed hockey on the Heath.

Reference: Buried in Hampstead, Camden History Society 1986
Additional research by the 2012 project team