22 Facts About Anthony Ludovici

Anthony Mario Ludovici MBE was a British philosopher, sociologist, social critic and polyglot.

Anthony Ludovici is known as a proponent of aristocracy and anti-egalitarianism, and in the early 20th century was a leading British conservative author.

Anthony Ludovici was private secretary to sculptor Auguste Rodin for several months in 1906.

Anthony Ludovici later wrote over 30 books, and translated many others.

Anthony Ludovici was born in London, England on 8 January 1882 to Albert Anthony Ludovici, and Marie Cals.

Anthony Ludovici was of Basque, French, German and Italian ancestry.

Anthony Ludovici was educated privately, in England and abroad but chiefly by his mother.

Anthony Ludovici married Elsie Finnimore Buckley on 20 March 1920, and they first lived at 35 Central Hill, Upper Norwood in South London.

Anthony Ludovici spent several years in Germany where he studied Nietzsche's writings in the original German.

Anthony Ludovici later wrote of his personal experiences of Rodin's personality and art, as well as his own opinions, in articles first appearing in the Cornhill Magazine from 1923, and in 1926 published in a book Personal Reminiscences of Auguste Rodin.

Anthony Ludovici was awarded the Order of the British Empire, which he immediately returned because he felt that it was too easily attainable and held by too many people.

Anthony Ludovici's writing was varied, and took traditional conservative stances on social issues.

Anthony Ludovici was especially influenced by the important debate that took place in the late 1880s between Thomas Henry Huxley and Henry Wace, with the young Anthony Ludovici fully adopting Huxley's philosophical position of agnosticism.

Anthony Ludovici criticized what he saw as the sentimental coddling of the mediocre and botched.

Anthony Ludovici's articles were a regular feature of the New Pioneer, a far-right journal controlled by Viscount Lymington and closely linked to the British People's Party.

Anthony Ludovici repeatedly warned of the dangers of miscegenation and defended incest as an appropriate response to racial mixing, arguing that society should act 'to break down the barriers now preventing the mating of close relatives' as it was the only way to cause 'a purification of our stock.

Anthony Ludovici was a nationalist, traditionalist and a supporter of eugenics.

Anthony Ludovici was a devoted monarchist who held Charles I in high regard.

Anthony Ludovici was on the Selection Committee of the Right Book Club, with Norman Thwaites, Trevor Blakemore, Collinson Owen and W A Foyle.

Anthony Ludovici was dismissed from his intelligence work on 14 August 1940 and his house was raided allegedly due to his membership of the political group The Right Club.

On Friday 8 October 1940, Anthony Ludovici was interviewed at Scotland Yard, and then released.

From 1955 until 1969 Anthony Ludovici wrote a series of articles in the monthly journal The South African Observer.