Ted grant photographer biography

Founder-leader of Militant then Socialist Appeal

For other uses, see Ted Grant (disambiguation).

Edward Grant (born Isaac Blank;^[1] 9 July 1913 – 20 July 2006)^[2] was a South African Trotskyist who spent most of his adult life in Britain.

Ted grant photographer biography

He was a founding member of the group Militant and later Socialist Appeal.

Early life

Grant was born Isaac Blank in Germiston, South Africa. His father, Max Blank, was a Lithuanian Jewish emigré from Tavrig, who was involved in the mineral business, and his mother, Adelle, was originally from the Parisian district of Le Marais.

They had two sons, Isaac and Isador, and three daughters, Rose, Rachael and Zena.^[3][4]

His parents divorced and he was brought up by his mother who took in lodgers to supplement her income.

He was introduced to Trotskyism by one of these lodgers, Ralph Lee, a leader in the Bolshevik-Leninist League to which Lee would later recruit him.^[5] In 1934, Gr