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
An armillary (or astrolabe) is a model comprising rings showing the positions...
MP. Born Surrey. Son of the anti-slavery campaigner first baronet, he entered the family brewing business. He later published his father's memoirs and a history 'Slavery and Freedom in the Britis...
Opens (mainly private) gardens to the public to raise money for charity. Grew out of a need to provide finances for retired district nurses.
Second son of Simon in the parish of St John Clerkenwell. Active in 1714.
