Statesman. Born in Chile of both Irish and Spanish descent. Liberated Chile from Spanish rule during the Chilean War of Independence. He is considered one of Chile’s founding fathers and the Chilean football team O’Higgins FC is named after him. He was sent to Richmond in 1795 to complete his studies and developed his ideas of nationalism and Georgian liberalism through studying history and the arts there. Died in Lima, Peru.
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General Bernardo O'Higgins
This bust, erected 200 years after O'Higgins left Richmond, was designed by E...
Bernado O’Higgins, 1778 - 1842, general, statesman and liberator of Chile, li...
The informal title of the Czechoslovak National Liberation Committee. It was originally created by the former Czechoslovak president Edvard Beneš in Paris, in October 1939. Unsuccessful negotiation...
Group, Nationalism, Politics & Administration, Czechoslovakia, France
An independent, non-profit, and non-political organisation established to promote the interests of the Serbian community in Great Britain. Founded in London after intensive consultations with the S...
South African freedom fighter. Born Johannesburg. Married Slovo in 1949. Killed by a parcel bomb addressed to her in Mozambique where she was living in exile.
Person, Journalism / Publishing, Nationalism, Race Issues, Africa, South Africa
Born a protestant in York but became a Catholic when his widowed mother married a Catholic. A professional soldier, he fought for Spain but when he realised that Spain would not invade Britain and ...
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