Clive King
| Clive King | |
|---|---|
| Born | David Clive King 24 April 1924 Richmond, Surrey, UK |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | King's School, Rochester (1933–41) |
| Alma mater | Downing College, Cambridge (1941–43) School of Oriental and African Studies, London (1966–67) |
| Genre | Children's Literature, Historical Fiction |
| Notable works | Stig of the Dump (1963) |
David Clive King (born 24 April 1924) is an English author best known for his children's book Stig of the Dump (1963). He served in the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve in the last years of the Second World War and then worked for the British Council in a wide range of overseas postings, from which he later drew inspiration for his novels.
Clive King was born in Richmond, London, in April 1924 and grew up in Ash, Kent. He was educated at The King's School, Rochester, Kent from 1933 to 1941 and then at Downing College, Cambridge, where he obtained a BA in English. From 1943 to 1946 He served as a Sub-Lieutenant in the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve, which took him to the Arctic, India, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), Australia, Malaya and Japan, where he saw the then recent devastation of Hiroshima.
After leaving the Reserve King began working as an officer of the British Council and was posted to Amsterdam as an Administrative Officer (1948–50). Subsequent postings for the British Council included Belfast, as a Student Welfare Officer (1950–51); Aleppo, Syria, as a Lecturer (1951–54); Damascus, as a Visiting Professor at the University (1954–55); Beirut, as Lecturer and Director of Studies (1960–66); and Madras, as an Education Officer (1971–73). He also served as a Warden for East Sussex County Council from 1955 to 1960. He attended the London School of Oriental and African Studies from 1966 to 1967, then served as an Education Adviser for the East Pakistan Education Centre in Dhaka from 1967 to 1971.
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