Indian scholar and reformer. Born Bengal. Worked to abolish the Hindu tradition of sati, where a widow joins her husband on the funeral pyre. For his last three years he was the ambassador to Britain for the Moghal Emperor Akbar II. Died Bristol.
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Ram Mohun Roy
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Ram Mohun Roy
Greater London Council Ram Mohun Roy, 1772 - 1833, Indian scholar and reforme...
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Richard Clarence Halse, Deputy
Commoner on the Bridge House Estates Committee, 1894.
Alderman Fred J. Read
Chairman Building Committee to build the 1909 Bethnal Green Town Hall.
Sir James Swaffield
Director General of the GLC 1973-84 and a Trustee of the Jubilee Walkway Trust 1977 - 2012. The Times have a photo of him with County Hall in the background, captioned: "Swaffield, pictured in Lon...
Sir John Sinclair
Founder and president of the first Board of Agriculture. Born Scotland into family of the Earls of Caithness. 1780 entered the House of Commons. Promoted a scientific and statistical approach to ag...
Person, Gardens / Agriculture, Politics & Administration, Science, Scotland
Edward R. Goodwin
Corps Officer in the St John Ambulance Brigade, Metropolitan Corps, 1887-1902. Honorary Serving Brother in the Order of St John.
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