A carrier of the 2012 Paralympic Flame. At that time he was the Inclusion Manager at Hackney Learning Trust, where he created the Hackney School Sports Championships, the largest inclusive sports competition in the U.K.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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Aneurin Wood
{Beneath the 2012 Paralympic Games logo of three agitos:} On 24 August 2012 t...
British World Chess Champion. Promoted the use of standardised chess pieces, the ones still in use today. Saw the international nature of the 1851 Great Exhibition as an opportunity and organised t...
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Person, Sport / Games, Tragedy, Germany, Israel/Palestine, Poland
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