Age, Biography and Wiki

Harry Bloom (Solomon Harris Bloom) was born on 1 January, 1913 in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa, is a South African journalist, novelist, and lecturer. Discover Harry Bloom's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 68 years old?

Popular As Solomon Harris Bloom
Occupation Journalist · novelist · political activist
Age 68 years old
Zodiac Sign Capricorn
Born 1 January, 1913
Birthday 1 January
Birthplace Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
Date of death 28 July, 1981
Died Place Canterbury, Kent, England
Nationality South Africa

We recommend you to check the complete list of Famous People born on 1 January. He is a member of famous activist with the age 68 years old group.

Harry Bloom Height, Weight & Measurements

At 68 years old, Harry Bloom height not available right now. We will update Harry Bloom's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible.

Physical Status
Height Not Available
Weight Not Available
Body Measurements Not Available
Eye Color Not Available
Hair Color Not Available

Who Is Harry Bloom's Wife?

His wife is Beryl Gordon (m. 1940-1963) Sonia Copeland (m. 1967)

Family
Parents Not Available
Wife Beryl Gordon (m. 1940-1963) Sonia Copeland (m. 1967)
Sibling Not Available
Children 3

Harry Bloom Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Harry Bloom worth at the age of 68 years old? Harry Bloom’s income source is mostly from being a successful activist. He is from South Africa. We have estimated Harry Bloom's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2024 $1 Million - $5 Million
Salary in 2024 Under Review
Net Worth in 2023 Pending
Salary in 2023 Under Review
House Not Available
Cars Not Available
Source of Income activist

Harry Bloom Social Network

Instagram
Linkedin
Twitter
Facebook
Wikipedia
Imdb

Timeline

1913

Harry Saul Bloom (1 January 1913 – 28 July 1981) was a South African journalist, novelist, activist and lecturer.

Solomon Harris Bloom was born into a Jewish South African family.

1937

He was educated at the University of the Witwatersrand, obtaining his law degree in 1937.

He subsequently became an advocate in Johannesburg.

1940

In 1940, he married Beryl Cynthia Gordon, after knowing her three weeks, and they moved to London, living in Old Compton Street during the Blitz.

Writing under the pseudonyms Walter and Beryl Storm (to avoid anti-Semitism), they worked as war correspondents during the Second World War, and covered the Nuremberg trials after the war.

The couple moved to Czechoslovakia and together they wrote the book We meet the Czechoslovaks, an account of their early years in Czechoslovakia, also under the Storm pseudonyms.

Beryl later played an active role in editing, advising and typing the manuscripts for his subsequent books.

Fearful for their security as Stalinism gained strength in post-war Eastern Europe, they returned to South Africa, and settled in Bramley, Johannesburg.

1944

After the war, Bloom and wife Beryl returned to Durban, South Africa, where their first child, Peter, was born in 1944, but he died aged six weeks.

1948

In October 1948, their daughter Susan Storm-Bloom, a photographer and jewellery designer, was born in Prague.

1950

Bloom worked with Nelson Mandela in Johannesburg in the 1950s.

1953

Their son Stephen Jack Bloom, a photographer and author, was born in Johannesburg in 1953.

1956

Episode, a novel, was published in 1956; it was later retitled Transvaal Episode.

It was dedicated to four people: his wife Beryl, who provided editorial assistance and typed the manuscript; Bram Fischer, Bloom's close friend who defended Nelson Mandela at the Rivonia Trial; Archbishop Trevor Huddleston, and Guy Routh.

1957

In 1957, a few months after Bloom's first novel, Episode in the Transvaal, was published, the family moved to Cape Town.

1960

During the state of emergency that followed the Sharpeville massacre in 1960, he was detained for 45 days without charges or trial, first at Roeland Street Prison and later at Worcester Prison near Cape Town.

1961

King Kong: An African Jazz Opera (1961) became a musical.

1962

He worked on Whittaker's Wife (1962) during this time.

1963

In 1963, Bloom left South Africa for Kenya, mainly due to his opposition to apartheid, and then moved to England.

According to The Times, he came to England "in search of a new life, mainly as an academic and a journalist."

His wife and children stayed behind in South Africa.

Harry and Beryl divorced shortly after Bloom moved to London in 1963.

1967

In 1967, Bloom was appointed Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Kent.

With founding law professor Patrick Fitzgerald, he helped to set up the first Law Department at the University which was rooted in an interdisciplinary ethos.

Bloom went on to collaborate with Igor Aleksander, now Emeritus Professor at Imperial College London, on the societal impact of computer networks and then worked for a newly set up Unit for Legal Research in Computer and Communications, which considered the legal protection of computer software and retrieval of statutes.

This involved meetings with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), one of the specialized agencies of the United Nations, which was created in 1967 "to encourage creative activity and to promote the protection of intellectual property throughout the world."

Many of the components of his work, and the articles he wrote, had a significant impact in the early days of the transition from the offline into the online world.

He has been remembered "as the founder of the teaching of the law affecting the media in the UK."

There he met Sonia Copeland, a journalist and writer, and they married in Canterbury, Kent, in 1967.

1975

Sonia had two children fathered from an affair with Harry Bloom’s student, Colin Stone – Samantha Bloom (born 1975) and actor Orlando Bloom (born January 1977), who until age 13 believed Harry Bloom was their biological father.

1976

Bloom suffered a stroke in 1976.

1981

Episode was republished in 1981.

After a period of declining health, he died in a Canterbury hospital in 1981.