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...
Co-funder of the Reagan statue; trustee of the Heritage Foundation, an American think-tank.
Registered as a charity in 2009, with objectives commensurate with the erection of a statue to Reagan, which it indeed went on to do. Jennifer Elias was Chairman of the Trustees during that time.
Anthony Adebayo Omoregie Fatayi-Williams was born on 29 January 1979 the son of Dr Alan Fatayi-Williams and Marie Fatiya-Williams née Ikimi. His birth was registered in the 1st quarter of 1979 in t...
Born Theobalds Road which at the time was 6 King's Road. Novelist, e.g. Coningsby, Sybil, and Tancred. Tory Prime Minister in 1868 and 1874 - 1880. 1st Earl of Beaconsfield. Clearly an interesting ...
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