Aickman, Robert Fordyce (1914–1981), writer and campaigner for inland waterways, was born on 27 June 1914 at 77 Fellows Road, Hampstead, London, the only child of William Arthur Aickman (1858-1941), an architect, and his wife, Mabel Violet (1890–1943), daughter of ...
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Aickman, Robert Fordyce (1914–1981), writer and campaigner for inland waterways
C. A. R. Hills
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Aickman, Robert Fordyce (1914–1981)
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Robert Fordyce Aickman (1914–1981) by Ida Kar, late 1950s © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Elsdale, Robinson (bap. 1744, d. 1783), author and privateer
J. M. Rigg
revised by Philip Carter
Elsdale, Robinson (bap. 1744, d. 1783), author and privateer, the son of Samuel and Mary Elsdale, was baptized on 25 December 1744 at Surfleet, Lincolnshire, where his family had long maintained an estate. He entered the navy as a midshipman, but left soon afterwards on account of the slowness of promotion. From 1762 he served in various privateers cruising against the French, chiefly off the coast of ...
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Levitt, Dorothy Elizabeth (1882–1922), motorist and author
Ann Kramer
Levitt, Dorothy Elizabeth (1882–1922), motorist and author, was born Elizabeth Levi at 11 Colvestone Crescent, Hackney, London, on 5 January 1882, the second of three daughters of Jacob Levi (1852–1934) and Julia Raphael (1856–1942). The Levi family was a prosperous and well-established Jewish family. ...
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Levitt, Dorothy Elizabeth (1882–1922)
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Dorothy Elizabeth Levitt (1882–1922) by Foulsham & Banfield, pubd 1909 © Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
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Morrice, Bezaleel (1678–1749), writer and sea captain
James Sambrook
Morrice, Bezaleel (1678–1749), writer and sea captain, was baptized 'aged 3 days' (private information) on 8 May 1678 at St Dunstan and All Saints, Stepney, the third son of William Morrice (d. 1680), sea captain, and his wife, ...
