Potts, Bertram Biography 1971
POTTS, Bertram
Retired
Born: Warwick Bridge, England, 25 May 1895, son of J Potts; married 1920 Mary E, daughter of B Waring; 2 sons
Education: St John’s Boys School, Grosvenor College, Carlisle
To NZ 1911; reporter NZ Times, HB [Hawke’s Bay] Herald; diploma British Esperanto Association 1914; fellow BEA [Bureau of Economic Analysis] 1915
1 NZEF [New Zealand Expeditionary Force] 1915-18
Founder Wellington Esperanto Club; joined advertising profession 1926; president NZ Esperanto Association (honorary life member); examiner in NZ diploma BEA; regular contributor verse Esperanto Monthly; author Progress Esperanto Reader; editor 1944-64, book reviewer NZ Esperantist 1944-69; lecturer on NZ in Esperanto 13 months every free country Europe under auspices Universal Esp Association, then Great Britain, Ireland, USA 1956-57; founder Mirimar Esp Club 1960; English stories and drawings, NZ and Australia magazines; radio plays; JP [Justice of the Peace] 1937; retired J Ilott Ltd, Wellington 1955
Recreation: compiling English-Esperanto Dictionary; translating into Esperanto
Private address: 176 Cambridge Tce, Lower Hutt
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New Zealand Who’s Who 10th edition 1971
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1971Publisher
AH & AW ReedPeople
- Bertram Potts
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