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Edward Tangye Lean (23 February 1911 – 28 October 1974) was a British author Edward Tangye Lean books, BBC broadcasting director, Open Library. and original founder of the Inklings literary club in Oxford.
After leaving Leighton Park School, Tangye Lean was an undergraduate at University College, Oxford. While at Oxford, he founded the original Inklings club around 1931, for the reading of unfinished compositions.Jason Fisher, The Inklings (1933–1954), The Literary Encyclopedia, 11 November 2008. The club consisted of students and dons, including J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis. When Lean left Oxford in 1933, the club faltered. However, its name was transferred by Tolkien and Lewis to their literary group at Magdalen College. Lean also contributed to the Isis magazine at Oxford.
Lean went on to become a writer, especially on historical themes. He was a journalist and book reviewer for the News Chronicle.Michael Harrison (editor), Under Thirty: An Anthology, London: Rich & Cowan. Later, he was Director of External Broadcasting at the BBC. (Edward) Tangye Lean (1911–1974), Director of External Broadcasting BBC, National Portrait Gallery (London), England.
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