Ernest Walter Dickes (19 March 1876 – 26 July 1957), most commonly known as E. W. Dickes, was an English journalist for the Manchester Guardian, and translator of more than 70 books.
[1] In 1915, as deputy cashier at Portsmouth Dockyard, he was charged with being in possession of false documents.
[3] The following year, as a conscientious objector, he came to the attention of the House of Commons.
[4] He spent two years in prison, during which time he learnt Esperanto.
[1] After the war he joined the Manchester Guardian as a journalist, amongst other things serving as an in-house translator from French, German, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Portuguese, Polish, Latin, Greek, Danish, and Russian.