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Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 20 659 Send Message	maggiewinchester	Report	12 Apr 2018 12:07
	I've just been listening to a play about a time in the life of Arthur Waley (born 1889)an English Orientalist and sinologist who translated Chinese and Japanese poetry. Anyway, he mentioned his publisher - a Sir Stanley Unwin. This led me on to this :-D :-D :-D https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RRv35Ig2mg Oh - and they weren't the same man!!
	Researching: Henry Floyd (g x 4 grandad) Allegedly the heaviest man in England in 1842
Member Since: January 2004 Posts: 16 020 Send Message	Sharron	Report	12 Apr 2018 16:29
	Professor Stanley Unwin was the inspiration for Flobbadob.
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 20 659 Send Message	maggiewinchester	Report	12 Apr 2018 16:36
	Weeeeeeeeeed?
	Researching: Henry Floyd (g x 4 grandad) Allegedly the heaviest man in England in 1842
Member Since: September 2005 Posts: 9 114 Send Message	Caroline	Report	12 Apr 2018 17:44
	:-D
Member Since: December 2007 Posts: 87 799 Send Message	Dermot	Report	12 Apr 2018 17:55
	Kumarajiva (334-413) - known as the Translator Monk was a well respected Chinese Language translator.