Jim Griffiths

Jim Griffiths

male, deceased (1975)
James "Jim" Griffiths CH (19 September 1890-7 August 1975), was a Welsh Labour politician, trade union leader and the first ever Secretary of State...
James Phinney Baxter

James Phinney Baxter

male, deceased (1921)
James Phinney Baxter (1831 - 1921) was a businessman, historian, civic leader, and benefactor of Portland, Maine. His personal library, containing...
Chris Laidlaw

Chris Laidlaw

male, 66 years old
Christopher Robert Laidlaw (born November 16, 1943), Rhodes Scholar, All Black, diplomat, MP, talk radio host, author, is a 20th century New...

Joshua Bates

male, deceased (1864)
Joshua Bates (1788-1864) was an American financier, born in Weymouth, Massachusetts. A merchant and a banker, in 1828 he became associated with...
Baron Bliss

Baron Bliss

male, deceased (1926)
Henry Edward Ernest Victor Bliss, commonly known as Baron Bliss (16 February, 1869 - 9 March, 1926), was a British-born traveller who willed some...
Joan Whitney Payson

Joan Whitney Payson

female, deceased (1975)
Joan Whitney Payson was an American heiress, businesswoman, philanthropist, patron of the arts and art collector, and a member of the prominent...

Walter Simon

male, deceased (1981)
Ernest Julius Walter Simon CBE FBA (10 June 1893, Berlin - 22 February 1981, London) was a sinologist and librarian. He was born in Berlin and...
Epifanio de los Santos

Epifanio de los Santos

male, deceased (1928)
Epifanio de los Santos (April 7, 1871-April 18, 1928) was a Filipino historian. He was appointed director of the Philippine National Museum and...
Elvi Rhodes

Elvi Rhodes

female
Elvi Rhodes is a British author of historical and romantic fiction. She was born and brought up in Yorkshire, and now lives on the Sussex coast....

Stephen Blumberg

male
Stephen Carrie Blumberg (born St. Paul, Minnesota) was an eccentric bibliomane who lived in Ottumwa, Iowa. He became known as the "Book Bandit",...