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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Hinden [née Gesundheit], Rita (1909–1971), journalist and campaigner on colonial issues
Patricia M. Pugh
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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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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)
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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 ...
