Albery, Nicholas Bronson (1948–2001), social activist and charity founder, was born on 28 July 1948 at Bricket House, Bricket Road, St Albans, Hertfordshire, the second of three children of Sir Donald Arthur Rolleston Albery (1914–1988), theatre owner and theatrical manager, and his second wife, ...
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Albery, Nicholas Bronson (1948–2001), social activist and charity founder
Michael Norton
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Albery, Nicholas Bronson (1948–2001)
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Nicholas Bronson Albery (1948–2001) by David Cohen, 2000 © David Cohen
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Aves, Dame Geraldine Maitland (1898–1986), civil servant and social reformer
Phyllis Willmott
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Aves, Dame Geraldine Maitland (1898–1986), civil servant and social reformer, was born on 22 August 1898 at Jay's Hatch, a gamekeeper's cottage in a wood near the village of Bovenden, Hertfordshire, because her mother wanted her first child to be born in the depths of the country. She was the elder daughter (there were no sons) of ...
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Baines [née Hunt], Sarah Jane [Jennie] (1866–1951), suffragette and social reformer
Judith Smart
Baines [née Hunt], Sarah Jane [Jennie] (1866–1951), suffragette and social reformer, was born on 30 November 1866 in Birmingham, the daughter of James Edward Hunt, gun maker, and his wife, Sarah Ann, née Hunt. She started work in a Birmingham small arms factory aged eleven and at fourteen was assisting her parents in ...
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Buxton [née Jebb], Dorothy Frances (1881–1963), humanitarian and social activist
Sybil Oldfield
Buxton [née Jebb], Dorothy Frances (1881–1963), humanitarian and social activist, was born on 3 March 1881 at The Lyth, Ellesmere, Shropshire, the youngest daughter of Arthur Trevor Jebb (1839–1894), barrister and philanthropic squire, and his wife, Eglantyne Louisa Jebb (1845–1925), community worker and poet, the sister of ...
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Chadwick, Sir Edwin (1800–1890)
Maker: unknown engraver
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Sir Edwin Chadwick (1800–1890) by unknown engraver, pubd 1889 (after Mayall & Co.) © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Chadwick, Sir Edwin (1800–1890), social reformer and civil servant
Peter Mandler
Chadwick, Sir Edwin (1800–1890), social reformer and civil servant, was born at Longsight, near Manchester, on 24 January 1800. Surprisingly little is known of his early life, and of his mother nothing, except that she died in the infancy of her only son. His father, ...
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Cooper, Ivan Averill (1944–2019), civil rights leader and politician
Connal Parr
Cooper, Ivan Averill (1944–2019), civil rights leader and politician, was born on 5 January 1944, in the hamlet of Killaloo, outside Derry, the sixth of seven children of Robert Henry Cooper, a Post Office worker and supervisor for Derry city council, and his wife, ...
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Evans [née Webb], Matilda Maria (1843–1909), local politician and social reformer
Jane Martin
Evans [née Webb], Matilda Maria (1843–1909), local politician and social reformer was born at 38 Brownlow Street, London, on 7 August 1843, the second, daughter in the family of at least three daughters and one son of Richard Webb (b. 1799...
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Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand [Mahatma Gandhi] (1869–1948)
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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi [Mahatma Gandhi] (1869–1948) by Margaret Bourke-White, 1946 Köln, Museum Ludwig / Rheinisches Bildarchiv Köln
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Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand [known as Mahatma Gandhi] (1869–1948), political leader and religious and social reformer
Judith M. Brown
Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand [known as Mahatma Gandhi] (1869–1948), political leader and religious and social reformer, was born in Porbandar, Kathiawar, western India, on 2 October 1869, to Karamchand Uttamchand Gandhi and his fourth wife, Putlibai: he was the youngest of the one daughter and three sons of the marriage....
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Goodhart, William Howard [Willie], Baron Goodhart (1933–2017), barrister, politician, and human rights campaigner
Jonathan Marks
Goodhart, William Howard [Willie], Baron Goodhart (1933–2017), barrister, politician, and human rights campaigner, was born on 18 January 1933 at 19 Abbey Lodge, Park Road, Regent’s Park, London, the son of Arthur Lehman Goodhart (1891–1978), jurist, and his wife, ...
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Greening, Edward Owen (1836–1923), co-operative movement activist and social reformer
John Saville
Greening, Edward Owen (1836–1923), co-operative movement activist and social reformer, was born on 17 August 1836 at Warrington, Lancashire. His father owned a small wire-drawing factory, and the family moved to Manchester in Edward's early years. There he attended the Quaker school in ...
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Grubb, Edward (1854–1939), pacifist and social reformer
Thomas C. Kennedy
Grubb, Edward (1854–1939), pacifist and social reformer, was born on 19 October 1854 at Sudbury, Suffolk, the fourth of five children of Jonathan Grubb (1808–1894), banker and Quaker minister, and his second wife, Elizabeth Burlingham (1813–1893). The father was of Irish descent but lived his adult life in ...
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Harvey, Thomas Edmund [T. Edmund, Ted] (1875–1955), politician and social reformer
Michael Meadowcroft
Harvey, Thomas Edmund [T. Edmund, Ted] (1875–1955), politician and social reformer, was born on 4 January 1875 in St John’s Terrace, Leeds, the eldest of the four sons and three daughters of William Harvey (1848–1928), silk manufacturer, art teacher, and Liberal councillor, and his wife, ...
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Hastings, George Woodyatt (1825–1917), social reformer and politician
Lawrence Goldman
Hastings, George Woodyatt (1825–1917), social reformer and politician, was born on 28 September 1825 at 43 Foregate Street, Worcester, the second of three children, and the only son, of Sir Charles Hastings (1794–1866), physician and founder of the British Medical Association (BMA), and his wife, ...
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Herzen, Alexander [Aleksandr Ivanovich Gertsen] (1812–1870), radical publicist
Patrick Waddington
Herzen, Alexander [Aleksandr Ivanovich Gertsen] (1812–1870), radical publicist, was born at what is now 25 Tverskoy bulvar, Moscow, on 25 March 1812 os (6 April 1812 ns), the illegitimate son of the rich nobleman Ivan Alekseyevich Yakovlev (1767–1846) and his young German consort, ...
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Jacobs [née Caller], June Ruth (1930–2018), Jewish human rights and peace activist
Geoffrey Alderman
Jacobs [née Caller], June Ruth (1930–2018), Jewish human rights and peace activist, was born at 16 Armitage Road, Golders Green, London, on 1 June 1930, the younger daughter and third of four children of Louis Caller (1896–1963), a successful furniture maker, and his wife, ...
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Keynes [née Brown], Florence Ada (1861–1958), social and political activist
Rita McWilliams Tullberg
Keynes [née Brown], Florence Ada (1861–1958), social and political activist, was born on 10 March 1861 at 76 Elizabeth Street, Cheetham, Manchester, the eldest of the three daughters and three sons of Dr John Brown (1830–1922), Congregationalist minister, and his wife, Ada Haydon, ...
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Kidd, Ronald Hubert (1889–1942)
Maker: Howard Coster
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Ronald Hubert Kidd (1889–1942) by Howard Coster, 1940 © National Portrait Gallery, London
