Merchant tailor and co-founder of Rotary International. Born Hiram Elroy Shorey in Litchfield, Kennebec, Maine.
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Hiram Shorey
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Rotary Armillary
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Crystal Palace
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Alexander McLeod
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Robert Harrild
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Stanley Halls
Venue for concerts, plays and lectures, designed by, funded by, and named for W. F. R. Stanley.
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St Matthews Friday Street
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St John on Bethnal Green war memorial
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Howard Morley
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Dame Laura Knight
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