Cyril Bibby

Cyril Bibby (b. Liverpool, 1 May 1914 as Harold Cyril Bibby; d. Edinburgh 20 June 1987) was a biologist and educator. He was also one of the first sexologists.

Early life and education

Bibby was the third of eight children. He was educated at Sudley Road School, Liverpool, Liverpool Collegiate Institution and Queens' College, Cambridge (BA 1935, MA 1939). He was active in the CU Socialist Society and the Union Society.

Career

• pre-war: taught science and biology at Oulton School, Liverpool and Chesterfield Grammar School, Derbyshire.
• 1941-c.1944: Education Officer at the British Social Hygiene Council [1]
• c. 1944-1946: Education Officer at the Central Council for Health Education [2]
• 1946-1959: Lecturer and then Senior Lecturer at the College of St Mark & St John (Marjon)
• 1959-1977: Principal of Kingston upon Hull College of Education from 1959, becoming Pro-Director when it merged into Hull College of Higher Education (now Hull College).

In 1958-59 he was the prospective Labour Party candidate in Barnet opposing Reginald Maudling

Bibby gained an MSc at the University of Liverpool in 1940 for research on Europe in Quaternary times, and a PhD at the University of London in 1955 for a thesis on T.H. Huxley. He wrote books and articles on Huxley, and on human biology, especially in the fields of health and sex education. In 1936 he married Frances (Florence Mabel) Hirst (Girton 1932-1935, b.1914, d.1993); they had two sons and two daughters.

The Bibby papers are housed at Cambridge University Library [3]

Publications

Among books published by Cyril Bibby were the following:

• The Approach To Marriage, with foreward by Cyril Bibby and preface by Dr Maude Royden
• The Human Body (Puffin Picture Book. no. 102.) by Cyril Bibby and Ian T. Morison (Paperback - Aug 1969)
• HOW LIFE IS HANDED ON (Hardcover - 1960)
• T H HUXLEY, SCIENTIST, HUMANIST AND EDUCATOR (Hardcover - 1959)
• Race, Prejudice and Education (UNESCO - 1959)
• THE INTELLIGENT PARENTS' MANUAL (Paperback - 1953)
• The Essence Of T. H. Huxley - Selections From His Writings (Hardcover - 1967)
• Sex Education (Hardcover - 1951)
• Your body and how it works (Unknown Binding - 1969)
• HEALTH EDUCATION (Hardcover - 1964)
• How Life is Passed on (Hardcover - 1946)
• Art of the Limerick (Hardcover - Dec 1978)
• Simple Experiments in Biology (Hardcover - Dec 1950)

External links

• [4] Race, Prejudice, and Education by Cyril Bibby, published by UNESCO in 1959, and linked with the UNESCO statement on race.