Cook, Ida [pseud. Mary Burchell] (1904–1986), author and campaigner for Jewish refugees, was born on 24 August 1904 at 37 Croft Avenue, Sunderland, the second of four children of William James Cook (1865–1959), surveyor of customs and excise, and his wife, Mary, ...
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Cook, Ida [pseud. Mary Burchell] (1904–1986), author and campaigner for Jewish refugees
Rebecca A. Pope and Susan J. Leonardi
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Davies, David Richard (1889–1958), writer, political agitator, and minister of religion
Matthew Grimley
Davies, David Richard (1889–1958), writer, political agitator, and minister of religion, was born at Pontycymer, Glamorgan, on 19 February 1889, the son of Richard Davies and his wife, Hannah. He was the youngest of four children. His father had been a miner, but had broken his back in a colliery accident before ...
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Hinden [née Gesundheit], Rita (1909–1971), journalist and campaigner on colonial issues
Patricia M. Pugh
Hinden [née Gesundheit], Rita (1909–1971), journalist and campaigner on colonial issues, was born on 16 December 1909 in Cape Town, Cape Colony, and given the name Rebecca, which she never used. She was the second of the four children of Jacob or Jacov Gesundheit (1880–1955)...
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Hobson, Samuel George (1870–1940), political activist and journalist
Marc Stears
Hobson, Samuel George (1870–1940), political activist and journalist, was born on 4 February 1870 in Bessbrook, near Newry, Northern Ireland, one of nine children of William Hobson, a Quaker minister, and his wife, Elizabeth, a teacher. Hobson's parents were both strict observers of their religion and they moved to ...
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Howard, Peter Dunsmore (1908–1965), journalist and leader of Moral Re-Armament
Philip Williamson
Howard, Peter Dunsmore (1908–1965), journalist and leader of Moral Re-Armament, was born at 8 Laburnham Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire, on 20 December 1908, when his forenames were registered as Hereward Peter. He was the elder of two sons of Ebenezer Cecil Howard (1881–1960), a preparatory school teacher who was also a non-practising barrister, and his wife, ...
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Hutt, (George) Allen (1901–1973), journalist and political activist
Kevin Morgan
Hutt, (George) Allen (1901–1973), journalist and political activist, was born at 57 Harvist Road, Willesden, London, on 20 September 1901, the son of Edwin George Wellington Hutt, a commercial clerk and later general manager in the paper industry, and his wife, Marion de Witt...
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Hyde, Douglas Arnold (1911–1996), journalist and political activist
Terry Philpot
Hyde, Douglas Arnold (1911–1996), journalist and political activist, was born on 8 April 1911 at 43 Queen Street, Worthing, Sussex, the son of Gerald Hyde, a pastry cook and confectioner, and his wife, Alice Emily, née Shill, a dressmaker and milliner, who later became a journalist. After living in ...
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Kapp [née Mayer], Yvonne Hélène (1903–1999), writer and political activist
Matthew McFall
Kapp [née Mayer], Yvonne Hélène (1903–1999), writer and political activist, was born on 17 April 1903 at 170 Tulse Hill, Norwood, London, the daughter of Max Alfred Mayer (1871–1948) and his wife, Clarisse Fanny, née Bielefeld (1878–1960). Her parents were of Jewish immigrant stock: her father was a prosperous vanilla merchant and her mother enjoyed a life of leisure. ...
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Meysenbug, Baroness Malwida Rivalier von (1816–1903), writer and exile
Rosemary Ashton
Meysenbug, Baroness Malwida Rivalier von (1816–1903), writer and exile, was born Malwida Rivalier in Kassel, the capital of Hesse, on 28 October 1816, the daughter of Carl Philipp Rivalier (1779–1847), a courtier of Elector Wilhelm I of Hesse, created Baron von Meysenbug by ...
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Mitchison, Naomi Mary Margaret, Lady Mitchison (1897–1999)
Maker: Wyndham Lewis
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Naomi Mary Margaret Mitchison, Lady Mitchison (1897–1999) by Wyndham Lewis, 1938 © Wyndham Lewis Memorial Trust
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Mitchison [née Haldane], Naomi Mary Margaret, Lady Mitchison (1897–1999), writer and social activist
Elizabeth Maslen
Mitchison [née Haldane], Naomi Mary Margaret, Lady Mitchison (1897–1999), writer and social activist, was born on 1 November 1897 at 10 Randolph Crescent, Edinburgh, the younger child of John Scott Haldane (1860–1936), physiologist, and his wife, (Louisa) Kathleen (1863–1961), an active suffragist, daughter of ...
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Nevinson, Henry Woodd (1856–1941), social activist and journalist
H. N. Brailsford
revised by Sinéad Agnew
Nevinson, Henry Woodd (1856–1941), social activist and journalist, was born at 5 South Fields Place, Leicester, on 11 October 1856, the second son of George Nevinson, a solicitor, and his wife, Maria Jane, née Woodd, who raised him in a strictly evangelical atmosphere. In 1872 he won a scholarship at ...
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Nevinson, Henry Woodd (1856–1941)
Maker: Sir William Rothenstein
Henry Woodd Nevinson (1856–1941) by Sir William Rothenstein, 1924 © Estate of Sir William Rothenstein / National Portrait Gallery, London
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Russell, Bertrand Arthur William, third Earl Russell (1872–1970), philosopher, journalist, and political campaigner
Ray Monk
Russell, Bertrand Arthur William, third Earl Russell (1872–1970), philosopher, journalist, and political campaigner, was born on 18 May 1872 at Ravenscroft, Trelleck, Monmouthshire, the youngest among the three children of John Russell, Viscount Amberley (1842–1876) (the eldest son of the first Earl Russell...
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Russell, Bertrand Arthur William, third Earl Russell (1872–1970)
Maker: Ida Kar
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Bertrand Arthur William Russell, third Earl Russell (1872–1970) by Ida Kar, 1953 © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Rust, William Charles (1903–1949)
Maker: unknown photographer
William Charles Rust (1903–1949) by unknown photographer by permission of the People's History Museum
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Rust, William Charles (1903–1949), political activist and journalist
Kevin Morgan
Rust, William Charles (1903–1949), political activist and journalist, was born on 24 April 1903 at 5 Eastdene Street, St George's Road, Camberwell, London, the son of Frederick George Rust, journeyman bookbinder, and his wife, Eliza Rogers. He left school at fourteen and worked as an office boy at ...
