Person    | Male  Born 25/11/1904  Died 17/10/2005

Ba Jin

Author and political activist. Born China as Li Yaotang.  Ba Jin was his pen name.  Learnt and advocated Esperanto. Spent 1927-8 in France. Returned to Shanghai. From 1983 suffered with Parkinson's Disease. Died Shanghai.

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Ba Jin

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Anarchists

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E. S. Abraham, MRCS, LRCP

E. S. Abraham, MRCS, LRCP

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1 memorial
F. J. Warwick, MB (Cantab), MRCS

F. J. Warwick, MB (Cantab), MRCS

Medical Board in the St John Ambulance Brigade, Metropolitan Corps, 1889-1894.

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Sidney Herbert

Sidney Herbert

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1 memorial
Lord George Hamilton

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Raoul Wallenberg

Raoul Wallenberg

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The Regal Edmonton

The Regal Edmonton

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Rotary International

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