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C A Joyce
British prison manager (1900–1976) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Cyril Alfred "C A" Joyce (12 June 1900 – 5 November 1976) was a British prison manager and headmaster of an approved school.
He was born in Derby, Derbyshire, England on 12 June 1900.[1][2] Joyce served in the army during World War I, and afterwards in the Army Education Corps.[3] He then took a degree at University College, Southampton.[3] He joined the prison service in 1922.[3] In 1933,[4][5] Joyce married Janet Gertrude Oxenham Froggatt (4 September 1904 – 26 August 1974).[6][7]
One of his charges at a borstal (Hollesley Bay)[8] was the young IRA volunteer and novelist Brendan Behan, known for his autobiographical novel, Borstal Boy.[9]
He appeared as a castaway on the BBC Radio programme Desert Island Discs on 30 October 1971.[10]
A biography of Joyce, The hidden boy, by Richard Heron Ward, was published in 1962.[11] His autobiography, Thoughts of a Lifetime, was published in 1971.[12]
Joyce's wife was an accomplished sculptor.[3] He died at Wootton, Isle of Wight, on 5 November 1976, aged 76.[2][13]
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Biography
- Richard, Heron Ward (1962). The hidden boy: The work of C.A.Joyce as headmaster of an approved school. Cassell.
Autobiography
- —— (1971). Thoughts of a Lifetime. HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0551000391.
References
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