Blease, (Walter) Lyon (1884–1963), barrister and civic activist, was born on 30 May 1884 at 5 Beech Street, Fairfield, Liverpool, the second son and second of three children of Walter Blease (c.1853–1940), chartered accountant, and his wife, Mary Cecilia (d...
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Blease, (Walter) Lyon (1884–1963), barrister and civic activist
Joyce Senders Pedersen
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Browne, Felicia Mary (1904–1936), artist and political activist
Tom Buchanan
Browne, Felicia Mary (1904–1936), artist and political activist, was born at The Elms, Weston Green, Thames Ditton, Surrey, on 18 February 1904, the third daughter and the fourth of five children of Harold Browne (1875–1924), company director, who worked in his family's advertising agency, and his wife, ...
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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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Kinkel [née Mockel], Johanna (1810–1858), music teacher and exile
Rosemary Ashton
Kinkel [née Mockel], Johanna (1810–1858), music teacher and exile, was born at 13 Josephstrasse, Bonn, on 8 July 1810. Her father, a schoolmaster, encouraged her musical talent; she was taught piano by Beethoven's instructor, Franz Anton Ries. In 1832 Johanna married a music publisher, ...
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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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Murray, (George) Gilbert Aimé (1866–1957)
Maker: Elliott & Fry
(George) Gilbert Aimé Murray (1866–1957) by Elliott & Fry © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Murray, (George) Gilbert Aimé (1866–1957), classical scholar and internationalist
Christopher Stray
Murray, (George) Gilbert Aimé (1866–1957), classical scholar and internationalist, was born in Sydney, Australia, on 2 January 1866, the second son of Sir Terence Aubrey Murray (1810–1873) and his second wife, Agnes Ann, née Edwards (c.1835–1891). Murray's father, a prosperous stock farmer, had been since 1862 president of the legislative council 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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Pankhurst, Richard Marsden (1835/6–1898), barrister and political activist
Ingleby Kernaghan
Pankhurst, Richard Marsden (1835/6–1898), barrister and political activist, was born in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, the second son and third of four children of Henry Francis Pankhurst (1808–1873), auctioneer, and his wife, Margaret, née Marsden (1803–1879). No exact date for his birth has been located, and census returns yield contradictory information about his age. About 1847 the family moved to ...
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Zilliacus, Konni (1894–1967), internationalist and politician
Archie Potts
Zilliacus, Konni (1894–1967), internationalist and politician, was born on 13 September 1894 in Kobe, Japan, the elder son of Konrad Viktor (Konni) Zilliacus sen. (1855–1924) and Lilian McLaurin Grafe (1873–1938). His mother was an American of Scottish and Alsatian extraction, and his father a Swedo-Finn who was prominent in the movement for Finnish independence. ...
