E. W. F. Tomlin
Eric Walter Frederick Tomlin CBE (30 January 1913 – 16 January 1988) was a British essayist, known mostly for many books and articles on philosophical topics. He knew both T. S. Eliot and Wyndham Lewis, and wrote on them. Life. Tomlin was born in Croydon on 30 January 1913 and educated at Whitgift School. He was head of the British Council in Japan from 1961 to 1967. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1959 and raised to Commander (CBE) in 1965. He died in London on 16 January 1988