D. C. Riddy, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Date of Birth: 10-Sep-1907
Place of Birth: Bedford, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 20-Nov-1979
Profession: linguist
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About D. C. Riddy
- Donald Charles "D.
- C." Riddy CBE (10 September 1907 – 20 November 1979) was a British linguist and educationalist.
- After World War II he was British Controller-General of the Education Branch, Control Commission for German - British Element, tasked with assisting the de-nazification of Germany through a process of re-education.
- He was later co-ordinator of the Council of Europe Modern Languages Programme and, for most of his career, Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Modern Languages in Schools.
- He was described as a man of ‘wide administrative experience and enormous energy, for whom material difficulties were a challenge which he met with enthusiasm’.
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