Anstey, Rhoda (1865–1936), promoter of women's physical education, was born at Jurishayes Farm near Tiverton, Devon, on 15 April 1865, the seventh of nine children and second daughter of John Walters Anstey, a yeoman farmer, and his wife, Susanna Elizabeth, née Manley. She was a natural countrywoman with a great love of the county of her birth; in 1891 she was managing the dairy on the family farm. Little else is known of her early life before she attended ...
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Anstey, Rhoda (1865–1936), promoter of women's physical education
Gill Clarke and Ida M. Webb
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Archdale, Helen Elizabeth [Betty] (1907–2000), feminist, cricketer, and educationist
Frances Burton
Archdale, Helen Elizabeth [Betty] (1907–2000), feminist, cricketer, and educationist, was born at 59 Oxford Terrace, Bayswater, London, on 21 August 1907, the only daughter of the Scottish feminist and journalist Helen Alexander Archdale, née Russel (1876–1949), and her husband, ...
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Bennett, Timothy (1676/7–1756)
Maker: James Macardell
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Timothy Bennett (1676/77–1756) by James Macardell, 1752 (after G. Budd) © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Bennett, Timothy (1676/7–1756), cordwainer and public access campaigner
Kathy White
Bennett, Timothy (1676/7–1756), cordwainer and public access campaigner, is of obscure origins; details of his birth, family, and upbringing are unknown. On 19 July 1716, at All Hallows, London Wall, he married Katherine Magitt (1673/4–1749), of Kingston upon Thames, Surrey; the parish register—which also gives his wife's name as ...
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Brackenridge, Celia Helen (1950–2018)
Maker: unknown
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Celia Helen Brackenridge (1950–2018), by unknown photographer
Celia Brackenridge/BPEOSA Archive
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Brackenridge, Celia Helen (1950–2018), lacrosse player and campaigner for gender equality and child welfare in sport
Jean Williams
Brackenridge, Celia Helen (1950–2018), lacrosse player and campaigner for gender equality and child welfare in sport, was born on 22 August 1950 at Hitchin Hospital, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, the second of three children of John Syson Brackenridge (1919–2005), a dental surgeon, and his wife, ...
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Chacksfield, Sir Bernard Albert (1913–1999), air force officer and chief scout
Brian Wimborne
Chacksfield, Sir Bernard Albert (1913–1999), air force officer and chief scout, was born at 28 Khartoum Road, Ilford, Essex, on 13 April 1913, son of Edgar Chacksfield, printers' reader, and his wife, Alice Annie, née Fairbeard. He was educated at Ilford county high school...
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Cocks, Arthur Herbert Tennyson Somers-, sixth Baron Somers (1887–1944), chief scout for Great Britain and the British Commonwealth and empire, and colonial governor
Astor of Hever
revised by Marc Brodie
Cocks, Arthur Herbert Tennyson Somers-, sixth Baron Somers (1887–1944), chief scout for Great Britain and the British Commonwealth and empire, and colonial governor, was born at Freshwater, Isle of Wight, on 20 March 1887, the second child and only son of Herbert Haldane Somers-Cocks (1861–1894)...
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Corbett, Edward James (1875–1955)
Maker: J. G. Laithwaite
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Edward James Corbett (1875–1955) by J. G. Laithwaite, 1940 The British Library
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Corbett, Edward James [Jim] (1875–1955), hunter and conservationist
Martin Booth
Corbett, Edward James [Jim] (1875–1955), hunter and conservationist, was born at Naini Tal, India, on 25 July 1875, the eighth child of Christopher William Corbett (1822–1881), a postmaster, and his wife, Mary Jane (1837?–1924), née Prussia, widow of Charles Doyle. From childhood, Jim...
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Corbett, Thomas Godfrey Polson, second Baron Rowallan (1895–1977), chief scout of the British Commonwealth and empire
William Gladstone
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Corbett, Thomas Godfrey Polson, second Baron Rowallan (1895–1977), chief scout of the British Commonwealth and empire, was born at Hans Place, Hans Crescent, Chelsea, London, on 19 December 1895, the second of three children and the elder son of Archibald Cameron Corbett, first Baron Rowallan...
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Court [née Brown], Audrey Kathleen (1913–2005), athlete and family planning reformer
Richard Holt
Court [née Brown], Audrey Kathleen (1913–2005), athlete and family planning reformer, was born on 24 May 1913 in Bankura, Bengal, India, the third of five children and the only daughter of Arthur E. Brown, Methodist minister and principal of Bankura College, and his wife, ...
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Edward, Harry Francis Vincent (1898–1973)
Maker: Agence Rol.
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Harry Edward (1898–1973), by Agence Rol., 1922
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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Edward, Harry Francis Vincent (1898–1973), athlete and human rights worker
Martin Polley
Edward, Harry Francis Vincent (1898–1973), athlete and human rights worker, was born in Berlin, Germany, on 15 April 1898 (though some sources have given 1895), the son of Vincent Edward (b. 1865), formerly a seaman and later an interpreter, born in the British colony of ...
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Edwards, Sir Ifan ab Owen (1895–1970), educationist and founder of Urdd Gobaith Cymru
Hazel Walford Davies
Edwards, Sir Ifan ab Owen (1895–1970), educationist and founder of Urdd Gobaith Cymru, was born on 25 July 1895 at Tremaran, Llanuwchllyn, Merioneth, the second of the three children (the eldest died in infancy) of Sir Owen Morgan Edwards (1858–1920) and his wife, ...
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Ferris, Elizabeth Anne Esther [Liz] (1940–2012)
Maker: David Lees
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Elizabeth Anne Esther Ferris (1940–2012) by David Lees, 1960 © Getty Images
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Ferris, Elizabeth Anne Esther [Liz] (1940–2012), diver, doctor, and campaigner for gender equality in sport
Martin Polley
Ferris, Elizabeth Anne Esther [Liz] (1940–2012), diver, doctor, and campaigner for gender equality in sport, was born on 19 November 1940 at the Mary Stanley Nursing Home in Bridgwater, Somerset, the second of three daughters and third of four children of Roy Ferris (1903–1975)...
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Gardiner, (Henry) Rolf (1902–1971)
Maker: Maxwell Armfield
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(Henry) Rolf Gardiner (1902–1971) by Maxwell Armfield, 1928 © courtesy the Artist's Estate / Bridgeman Art Library
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Gardiner, (Henry) Rolf (1902–1971), ecological campaigner and youth leader
Frank Trentmann
Gardiner, (Henry) Rolf (1902–1971), ecological campaigner and youth leader, was born on 5 November 1902 at 56 FitzGeorge Avenue, Fulham, London, the son of the Egyptologist Sir Alan Henderson Gardiner (1879–1963) and his wife, Hedwig von Rosen (d. 1964). Margaret Emilia Gardiner (1904–2005)...
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Gorman, Bartholomew [Bartley] (1944–2002), pugilist and Gypsy leader
Joseph M. Wilson
Gorman, Bartholomew [Bartley] (1944–2002), pugilist and Gypsy leader, was born on 1 March 1944 in a barrel-top wagon at Home Farm, Giltbrook, Nottinghamshire, the eldest of the three sons of Samuel Gorman, a scrap iron and rag dealer of Irish descent, and his wife, ...
