{{Short description|British author and broadcaster}} {{For|the cricketer|John Ebdon (cricketer)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}} {{Use British English|date=May 2013}}

'''John Ebdon''' (22 December 1923 &ndash; 19 March 2005<ref name="obit">{{cite web |title=John Ebdon – Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1486843/John-Ebdon.html |website=The Daily Telegraph|location=London |accessdate=19 January 2019}}</ref>) was a British author, broadcaster, Graecophile and, for 21 years, director of the London Planetarium.<ref name=obit/> He was educated at Blundell's School. On his death, obituaries appeared in the ''Times'', ''Independent'', ''Guardian'' and ''Telegraph'' newspapers and on the BBC.

Ebdon presented ''Archive Feature'' on the Home Service and Radio 4 from 1961 to 1987. He also presented the archive-based ''Nonsense at Noon'' on the Home Service, 1965–66.<ref name="bbc2005">{{cite news |title=Radio 4 presenter John Ebdon dies |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4363795.stm |access-date=17 October 2023 |work=BBC News |date=19 March 2005}}</ref> "His facetious patrician tones every third Monday morning, his sense of the absurd, his ear for a word mistakenly taken out of context, his famous cat Perseus, delighted much of middle England as much as it infuriated a small minority."--Glyn Worsnip.<ref>Donovan, Paul (1991) ''The Radio Companion''. London: Grafton; p. 89</ref>

==Books== *''Teach Your Child About the Stars'' (1963) *''Ebdon's Odyssey'' (1979)<ref name=DavidHowe>{{cite news|title=John Ebdon|newspaper=The Guardian|date=21 March 2005|author=David Howe|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2005/mar/21/radio.guardianobituaries|access-date=5 June 2019}}</ref> *''Ebdon's Iliad'' (1983)<ref name=DavidHowe/> *''Ebdon's England'' (1985)<ref name=DavidHowe/> *''Near Myths: A Love Affair with Greece'' (1989)<ref name=DavidHowe/> *''From My Archives: Maiden Aunts and Other Trifles'' (1990)<ref>{{cite news|title=John Ebdon|newspaper=The Times|date=24 March 2005|url=https://www.thetimes.com/comment/register/article/john-ebdon-98p889r3k3s|access-date=5 June 2019|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

==References== {{reflist}} * Ebdon, J. (1985), ''Ebdon's England'', David & Charles, {{ISBN|0-7153-8595-X}} (including covers)

==Further reading== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20120803150347/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/john-ebdon-6149844.html Obituary] ''The Independent''

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