Abel, Charles William (1862–1930), missionary, was born at 509 Oxford Street, Bloomsbury, London, on 25 September 1862, the youngest of three sons of William Edward Abel, a cashier at Mudie's Circulating Library, and his wife, Harriett Agnes, née Dobson. He was brought up in his parents' Congregational faith. After an education at ...
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Abel, Charles William (1862–1930), missionary
David Wetherell
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Ackroyd, Peter Runham (1917–2005), Old Testament scholar
Ronald E. Clements
Ackroyd, Peter Runham (1917–2005), Old Testament scholar, was born on 15 September 1917 at 66 Stone Hill Road, Derby, the son of Jabez Robert Ackroyd, Congregational minister, and his wife, Winifred, née Brown. When the family moved to Harrow, Middlesex, he attended the county boys' school. He matriculated from ...
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Adam, William (1828–1898), carpet manufacturer
James Neville Bartlett
Adam, William (1828–1898), carpet manufacturer, was born on 10 June 1828 in Paisley, the eldest of five children and the only son of Peter Adam (c.1798–1861), hand-loom weaver, and his wife, Elisa.
Adam began his career in Paisley, working as a hand-loom cotton weaver and later as a warehouseman. On 16 June 1854 he married ...
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Adams, John (1735–1826)
Maker: Gilbert Stuart
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John Adams (1735–1826) by Gilbert Stuart, c. 1800–15 Gift of Mrs. Robert Homans, Photograph © 2004 Board of Trustees, National Gallery of Art, Washington
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Adams, John (1735–1826), president of the United States of America
Richard Alan Ryerson
Adams, John (1735–1826), president of the United States of America, was born on 19 October 1735, in the north parish (in 1792 named Quincy) of Braintree, Suffolk county, Massachusetts, the eldest child of ‘Deacon’ John Adams (1692–1761), a local farmer, shoemaker, and office-holder, and his wife, ...
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Adams, Samuel (1722–1803), revolutionary politician in America
William Pencak
Adams, Samuel (1722–1803), revolutionary politician in America, was born on 27 September 1722, one of three children (who survived to adulthood) of Samuel Adams (1689–1748) of Boston and his wife, Mary, née Fifield (d. after 1748). Adams inherited his political activism from his father, a brewer and member of the ...
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Adams, Samuel (1722–1803)
Maker: John Singleton Copley
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Samuel Adams (1722–1803) by John Singleton Copley, c. 1772 Copyright 2004 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Deposited by the City of Boston
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Alden, Sir Percy (1865–1944), social worker and politician
M. C. Curthoys and Tim Wales
Alden, Sir Percy (1865–1944), social worker and politician, was born at Walton Street, in St Thomas's parish, Oxford, on 6 June 1865, the third of six sons (there was also a daughter) of Isaac Alden (b. 1834), a master butcher, and his wife, ...
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Alexander, William Lindsay (1808–1884), Congregational minister
Alexander Gordon
revised by David Huddleston
Alexander, William Lindsay (1808–1884), Congregational minister, eldest son of William Alexander (1781–1866), wine merchant, and his wife, Elizabeth Lindsay (d. 1848), was born at Leith on 24 August 1808. Having attended Leith high school and a boarding-school at East Linton, he entered ...
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Allen, Thomas (1608–1673), clergyman and ejected minister
Mark Robert Bell
Allen, Thomas (1608–1673), clergyman and ejected minister, was born in Norwich, son of John Allen, a dyer there. He went to school in the city before being admitted to Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, on 6 July 1624, aged fifteen. A scholar of the college from 1625 to 1629, he graduated BA in 1628 and proceeded MA in 1631. On 26 February 1634 he was appointed to the parish church of ...
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Allison, John Drummond (1921–1943), poet
Stephen Benson
Allison, John Drummond (1921–1943), poet, was born in Caterham, Surrey, on 31 July 1921, the youngest of the four sons of Harry Ashby Allison (1870–1946), a chartered accountant, and his wife, of Austrian descent, Gertrude Jane Mabel Wolfsberger (1877–1961). Baptized Drummond because his mother noted that he had the pugnacious chin of ...
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Allom, Thomas (1804–1872), architect and artist
Diana Brooks
Allom, Thomas (1804–1872), architect and artist, was born on 13 March 1804 at Lambeth, the second of the two children of Thomas Allom (1770–1840), a coachman, and his wife, Martha Rampley (1771–1861), who were both originally from Suffolk. He was articled to the architect ...
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Allom, Thomas (1804–1872)
Maker: Thomas Carrick
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Thomas Allom (1804–1872) by Thomas Carrick, 1846 private collection
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Allon, Henry (1818–1892), Congregational minister and leader
Elaine Kaye
Allon, Henry (1818–1892), Congregational minister and leader, was born at Welton, near Hull, on 13 October 1818, the son of William Allon (1792–1878), a builder and later estate steward, and his wife, Mary, née Woolas. He followed his father in apprenticeship to a builder in ...
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Allon, Henry (1818–1892)
Maker: Lock & Whitfield
Henry Allon (1818–1892) by Lock & Whitfield, pubd 1879 © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Allon, Henry Erskine (1864–1897), composer
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Althans, (Andrew) Henry (1784–1855), educationist
G. F. Bartle
Althans, (Andrew) Henry (1784–1855), educationist, was born on 22 October 1784 at Whitechapel in the East End of London. He was the eldest son of Frederick Charles Althans, a corn factor, and his second wife, Margaretta Magdalen Jasper (1752–1789), who was partly of German origin. His mother's piety was commemorated by the posthumous publication of her papers, ...
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Andrews, William (1835–1914), industrial designer, entrepreneur, and politician
V. E. Chancellor
Andrews, William (1835–1914), industrial designer, entrepreneur, and politician, was born in Coventry on 17 March 1835, the only son of three children of James Andrews (1807–1873) and his wife, Isabella Hopkins (bap. 1809, d. 1892). His father was a Scot, a former regular soldier, and, as a master tailor, a small businessman in ...
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Armstrong, William, Baron Armstrong of Sanderstead (1915–1980), civil servant and banker
Kevin Theakston
Armstrong, William, Baron Armstrong of Sanderstead (1915–1980), civil servant and banker, was born in the Salvation Mothers' Home, Mare Street, Clapton, London, on 3 March 1915, the elder son of William Armstrong, of Stirling, and his wife, Priscilla Hopkins. Both his parents were ...
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Armstrong, William, Baron Armstrong of Sanderstead (1915–1980)
Maker: Arnold Newman
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William Armstrong, Baron Armstrong of Sanderstead (1915–1980) by Arnold Newman, 1978 Arnold Newman / Getty Images; collection National Portrait Gallery, London
