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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Viscount Combermere, Wellington Stapleton-Cotton
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Andrew Sweet
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William Sebright
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Abraham Davis
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Janet Gillman
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Lady Workers' Homes 3 - LWH directors
N6, Makepeace Avenue
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Royal Welch Fusiliers
EC1, Grays Inn Square
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King and Queen visit May Fair Hotel
W1, Stratton Street, May Fair Hotel
The brown plaque is inside the hotel lobby. Don’t be put off by the doorman – he watched our bike for us while we popped in for the photo.
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