Charles Hannam was born in Essen, Germany, in 1925, and educated at the Goethe Gymnasium until forbidden to attend. He arrived in the UK with the Kindertransport' in May 1939. After serving in India and Burma, he taught in a preparatory school before reading History at Cambridge. He is the author of well-received books on teacher training and learning difficulties, and taught at Lincoln and Manchester. He was Senior Lecturer in Education at Bristol University, before retirement.
