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John Gloag
English author and soldier
John Gloag (10 August 1896 – 17 July 1981) was an English writer in the fields of furniture design and architecture, as well as science and speculative fiction.[1][2] Gloag served with the Welsh Guards during the First World War, and was invalided home after suffering gas poisoning.[2]
Writings on design
Artifex, or the Future of Craftsmanship (1926), part of the To-day and To-morrow series, was a pamphlet by Gloag that discussed the relationship between artistic craftmanship and mass production.[3]
Gloag's A Short Dictionary of Furniture (2nd ed.
1969) was a reference book covering the history and types of furniture from the tenth century to the 1960s.[4]
Novels
Gloag's first science fiction novel, Tomorrow's Yesterday, (1932) was inspired by the work of H.
G. Wells and Gloag's friend Olaf Stapledon.[1][2][5]Tomorrow's Yesterday is a satire th