E. Roy Calvert
Abstract
E. Roy Calvert SAGE Publications, Inc.1933DOI: 10.1177/003288553301300301 In the untimely passing of E. Roy Calvert, Secretary of the British National Council for the abolition of the Death I'enalty, on July 4th last, the cause of Penal Reform has lost one of its most dynamic and eff.ective champions of this generation. Although only thirty-five years of age, he had already become a potent factor in penal reform in England, and particularly in the movement for the abolition of the Death Penalty. A conscientious objector to war at the age of eighteen years, he was granted exemption and was allowed to join the agricultural section of the Friends' Ambulance Unit. After the war, he served with the Friends' War Victims' Relief Committee, in France and Vienna. From this experience his interest in penal reform seems to have been aroused and steadily grew. In 1925 he became Secretary of the National Council for the Abolition of the Death Penalty, a position which he held until his death. IIe was a forceful debater and prolific writer on the subject which was so dear to him. His book "Capital Punishment in the 20th Century," first appeared in 1927 and has been reprinted four