Gardner, Gerald Brosseau (1884–1964), publicist of the Wicca religion, was born on 13 June 1884 at Serpentine North, Great Crosby, Lancashire, the third of four sons of a Liverpool timber merchant, William Robert Gardner (d. 1938), and his wife, Louise Barguelew Ennis (...
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Gardner, Gerald Brosseau (1884–1964), publicist of the Wicca religion
Ronald Hutton
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Sanders [formerly Carter], (Orrell) Alexander [Alex] (1926–1988), promoter of the Wicca religion
Ronald Hutton
Sanders [formerly Carter], (Orrell) Alexander [Alex] (1926–1988), promoter of the Wicca religion, was born Orrell Alexander Carter, at 56 Church Road, Tranmere, Birkenhead, on 6 June 1926, the son of Orrell Alexander Carter, labourer and musician, and Hannah Jane Bibby, a domestic servant who later became a professional foster mother. Although his parents never married, ...
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Skelton, Robin (1925–1997), poet and literary scholar
Peter A. Crowther
Skelton, Robin (1925–1997), poet and literary scholar, was born on 12 October 1925 in the schoolhouse at Easington in the East Riding of Yorkshire, the only child of Cyril Frederick William Skelton (1879–1964) and his wife, Lili (1888–1982), daughter of William Robins and his wife, ...
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Valiente [née Dominy], Doreen Edith (1922–1999), witch
Ronald Hutton
Valiente [née Dominy], Doreen Edith (1922–1999), witch, was born on 4 January 1922 at 1 High Street, Colliers Wood, Mitcham, Surrey, the daughter of Harry Dominy (1884-1940)), architect, and his wife, Edith Annie Richardson (1884-1964). Her father came from Cerne Abbas in ...
