In Memoriam: John Enoch Powell

An extraordinary man, Enoch Powell, died 26 years ago. His speech 'Rivers of Blood' has lived in infamy for a quarter of a century, but it increasingly feels like a prophecy.

John Enoch Powell: (b. June 16, 1912, Birmingham, England - d. February 8, 1998, London, England)

“Enoch Powell was a protean figure,” reads his obituary in The Independent, “intellectually by far the most interesting of his political contemporaries, and a man with many lives. A fine classical scholar, he became a distinguished soldier. He was a politici…