1935

Winifred Holtby

Categories: Literature, Peace

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Born Yorkshire. Graduated with and maintained a long friendship with Vera Brittain.

Writer, reformer and pacifist.

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Winifred Holtby

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Brittain & Holtby

English Heritage Vera Brittain, 1893 - 1970 Winifred Holtby, 1898 - 1935 w...

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Edgar Allan Poe

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EC2, Milk Street

Site of the City of London School, 1835 - 1882 The Corporation of the City of London

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William Charles Niblett

Born India. Called to the bar by the Inner Temple in 1882. Travelled extensively, settled in Singapore where he made his fortune in property. Returned to England in 1905. In 1915 he gave his Singap...

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