Bernard Keble Sandwell
(1876-1954)

journalist, essayist, lecturer, academic, and prolific writer

Died aged c. 78

Bernard Keble Sandwell, or BK as he was more commonly known, (December 6, 1876 – December 7, 1954) was a Canadian author, and a magazine and newspaper editor, best known as the editor of Saturday Night (1932-1951).

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Bernard Keble Sandwell (1876-1954) journalist, essayist, lecturer and academic, B.K. Sandwell is best remembered as the influential editor (1932-1951) of Saturday Night, which he made the voice of English Canadian liberalism. B.K. was a prolific writer, whose ambition was to achieve clear thinking on human problems and who was read widely for his great wit, shrewdness and grace of expression. His views on a wide range of subjects guided the options of an exclusive but important audience. In his ardent defence of civil liberties, he was ahead of his generation.

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