Lawyer and co-founder of Rotary International. Born in Racine, Wisconsin. He started practising law in 1896 in Chicago. He began to consider the benefits of the formation of a social organisation for local professionals, and In 1905, started the first rotary club with three other local businessmen.
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Paul Percy Harris
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Marianne Sophia Hansler, née Collis, the daughter of the late Joseph Collis senior Registrar of the High Court of Chancery. Married Captain Robert Hansler and became his widow in 1877.
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