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Arthur Dimmock
Arthur Frederick Dimmock MBE D.Arts (15 July 1918 – 25 November 2007) was an English writer, journalist and historian.
Arthur Dimmock was born to Eleanor Dimmock on 15 July 1918, in Whitley Bay, Northumberland. He became deaf after a bout of meningitis during early childhood.
Eleanor Dimmock learned the manual alphabet to educate him at home. She had interpreted radio shows and his favourite football matches, which led to Dimmock becoming a voracious reader. This subsequently helped him acquire a command of English surpassing his hearing peers by the time he was seven. It had also allowed him to acquire a command of French and Latin. He never spoke English as he found it "irrelevant". He preferred finger-spelling as his means of communication.
In 1925, Dimmock enrolled at the Northern Counties School for the Deaf and Dumb in Newcastle. After he was offered a place to study fine arts at Durham University, he couldn't obtain funding and so, he became an apprentice cabinetmaker, specialising in the restoration of antique furniture, instead.
In 1938, he bought a one-way ticket to London and scraped a living from doing a variety of menial jobs, which includes selling coal, before he found skilled work as a cabinetmaker. He was then sent to a dock in Greenock to do essential war work. In 1942, Dimmock returned to London to pass his London Matriculation.
After the war ended, Dimmock became involved with deaf clubs in the London area by writing for The Review, a London-based deaf magazine, and sports as he was secretary to the Croydon Deaf Club. He was credited for establishing the Deaf travel industry, during the 1950s and 1960s, by customising international and European travel tours for British Deaf people as well as founding Deaf travel clubs in England.
He later wrote, and co-authored, a number of publications that helped to establish a body of notable works on British deaf history, journalism and non-fiction. He was also involved with the British Deaf History Society, founded in 1993, that researches and archives the written works of the historical, social and cultural background and achievements of Deaf people in literature, media and history; such as the works of Greek philosopher Plato whose work Dialogue included an essay on whether Deaf people were able to acquire intelligence through sign language. Dimmock's interest in deaf history had led him to establish a global network of historians, journalists and researchers, who shared local book and news cuttings of deaf people and deaf matters.
Dimmock had an active role in Deaf politics since young age. He was one of the founding members of the National Union of the Deaf (NUD), founded in March 1976, to campaign for the recognition and protection of Deaf people's rights, to promote sign language and to raise awareness of deaf issues. He became the chairman of the NUD during the 1980s. He was also an active promoter in Deaf sports, which involved him with CISS (Comité International des Sports des Sourds; the International Committee of Sports for the Deaf) and Deaflympics for more than twenty years.
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Arthur Dimmock
Arthur Frederick Dimmock MBE D.Arts (15 July 1918 – 25 November 2007) was an English writer, journalist and historian.
Arthur Dimmock was born to Eleanor Dimmock on 15 July 1918, in Whitley Bay, Northumberland. He became deaf after a bout of meningitis during early childhood.
Eleanor Dimmock learned the manual alphabet to educate him at home. She had interpreted radio shows and his favourite football matches, which led to Dimmock becoming a voracious reader. This subsequently helped him acquire a command of English surpassing his hearing peers by the time he was seven. It had also allowed him to acquire a command of French and Latin. He never spoke English as he found it "irrelevant". He preferred finger-spelling as his means of communication.
In 1925, Dimmock enrolled at the Northern Counties School for the Deaf and Dumb in Newcastle. After he was offered a place to study fine arts at Durham University, he couldn't obtain funding and so, he became an apprentice cabinetmaker, specialising in the restoration of antique furniture, instead.
In 1938, he bought a one-way ticket to London and scraped a living from doing a variety of menial jobs, which includes selling coal, before he found skilled work as a cabinetmaker. He was then sent to a dock in Greenock to do essential war work. In 1942, Dimmock returned to London to pass his London Matriculation.
After the war ended, Dimmock became involved with deaf clubs in the London area by writing for The Review, a London-based deaf magazine, and sports as he was secretary to the Croydon Deaf Club. He was credited for establishing the Deaf travel industry, during the 1950s and 1960s, by customising international and European travel tours for British Deaf people as well as founding Deaf travel clubs in England.
He later wrote, and co-authored, a number of publications that helped to establish a body of notable works on British deaf history, journalism and non-fiction. He was also involved with the British Deaf History Society, founded in 1993, that researches and archives the written works of the historical, social and cultural background and achievements of Deaf people in literature, media and history; such as the works of Greek philosopher Plato whose work Dialogue included an essay on whether Deaf people were able to acquire intelligence through sign language. Dimmock's interest in deaf history had led him to establish a global network of historians, journalists and researchers, who shared local book and news cuttings of deaf people and deaf matters.
Dimmock had an active role in Deaf politics since young age. He was one of the founding members of the National Union of the Deaf (NUD), founded in March 1976, to campaign for the recognition and protection of Deaf people's rights, to promote sign language and to raise awareness of deaf issues. He became the chairman of the NUD during the 1980s. He was also an active promoter in Deaf sports, which involved him with CISS (Comité International des Sports des Sourds; the International Committee of Sports for the Deaf) and Deaflympics for more than twenty years.