Person    | Male  Born 28/11/1933 

Sir Idris Pearce

Full name Daniel Norton Idris Pearce. Businessman, executive, and chartered surveyor. In 2000 he was Master in the Worshipful Company of Tylers and Bricklayers. That and another affiliation, Honorary Colonel in the Royal Engineers, came together in the sundial project.

The photo shows Pearce in 1991.

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Sir Idris Pearce

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Blackfriars sundial

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Edward Bowman

Edward Bowman

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C. Gilpin

C. Gilpin

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George Croydon Marks

George Croydon Marks

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William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury

William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury

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Eleanor Marx-Aveling

Eleanor Marx-Aveling

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