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Cyril Edwin Mitchinson Joad 12 August — 9 April was an English philosopher , author, teacher and broadcasting personality. He popularised philosophy and became a celebrity, before his downfall in a scandal over an unpaid train fare in In his father became an Inspector of Schools and the family moved to Southampton , where he received a very strict Christian upbringing.

Joad started school at the age of five in , attending Oxford Preparatory School later called the Dragon School until , and then Blundell's School , Tiverton, Devon, until In Joad went up to Balliol College , Oxford. Here he developed his skills as a philosopher and debater. By he was a first class sportsman and Oxford Union debater. He also became a Syndicalist , a Guild Socialist , and then a Fabian.

This developed his study of philosophy, one of the building blocks for his career as a teacher and broadcaster. After completing his course at Balliol, achieving a first in Honour Moderations in Literae Humaniores , [ 2 ] a first in Greats a combination of philosophy and ancient history, and John Locke scholarship in mental philosophy , Joad entered the civil service.

His aim was to infuse the civil service with a socialist ethos. Joad socialised with other Fabians like Agnes Harben and her husband, and was quoted on the experience of meeting suffragettes recovering from hunger strike mixing with the 'county set'.

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In the months leading up to the First World War he displayed "ardent" pacifism , which resulted in political controversy. Joad evaded conscription by fleeing to Snowdonia , Wales. After the birth of three children, Joad's marriage ended in separation in Joad later said that his separation had caused him to abandon his feminism and instead adopt a belief in the "inferior mind" of women.

She was the first of many mistresses , all of whom were introduced as 'Mrs Joad'.