Gabriel Toyne was born in London on April 5, 1905. His father F. Herbert Toyne was Director of the Brighton Education Committee, although the family spent some of his childhood years in India, where he became a linguist in Indian languages and dialects. He went up to Oxford University in 1925, reading History at Corpus Christi. He was an active member and later president of OUDS (Oxford University Dramatic Society) and achieved the title Master Swordsman, gaining a university double-blue in ...[Read Story]
