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31 Aug 1889-12 Jun 1967
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12 Nov 1895-1963
Enrolled at the Polytechnic Secondary School on 14 January 1908, aged 13. Attended the school until 1911. Member of the Polytechnic Boxing Club and Swimming Club. Served in the 12th London Regiment ‘The Poly Rangers’ in 1914 under the surname Zoller. He appears to have changed his surname in 1920 as hereafter all reference is to Pat O’Hanrahan. In 1922 he was elected Vice-Captain of the Polytechnic Boxing Club, a post he held until 1928 when he was elected Vice-President. In January 1935 he is referred to as an old member and twice ABA Welterweight Champion.
Member of the GB team at the 1924 Paris Summer Olympics. He advanced to the second round of the welterweight class after winning his fight against René Dubois of France on points. The matches were held in the Veledrome d'Hiver. In the next round, O'Hanrahan was defeated by Jean Delarge of Belgium who won the gold medal in this weight class. It was his only Olympic appearance.
In January 1925 he travelled to the USA as part of the British Amateur Boxing Association team and he won the 1925 ABA National Championships.
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5 Jan 1898-8 Feb 1983
Harold James Mitchell was a British boxer who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics. He won the gold medal in the light heavyweight competition after beating Thyge Petersen in the final.
Mitchell was a four-time ABA champion in the light heavyweight class (1922-25) and was European Champion in 1924
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23 Jun 1894-28 May 1972
Edward VIII, King of the United Kingdom (20 Jan 1936-11 Dec 1936)Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (11 Dec 1936-28 May 1972)
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fl.1910-1939
Handrup was a Danish Silhouettist who lived in London between the wars. For years he ran a Silhouette Parlour at D.H.Evans in Oxford Street. His cards often bear the legend ".... This Silhouette Portrait is executed entirely freehand by Handrup, who begs to observe that his likenesses are executed by the Scissors alone and are preferable to any taken by machines inasmuch by the Scissor process the passions and peculiarities of Character are brought more into action. Silver Medal awarded Festival of Empire Crystal Palace 1911. Garden Parties, At-Homes, Bazaars, whist Drives etc. attended. For repeats please enclose a copy ...... "
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1883-1966
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fl.1935-1939
Geoffrey Sprange died in the Second World War.Attended the Polytechnic Secondary School
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14 Feb 1845-17 Jan 1903
Merchant and philanthropist, of Scottish descent.
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1872-1952
Wilfred G Bryant was born in September 1872, the son of John (a schoolmaster) and Hope Bryant. In 1901 they were residing in St Marks Buildings Polytechnic Annexe School. Hope died in June 1901. He had two brothers and two sisters, and married in 1910 to a lady whom he met on one of the trips to Switzerland. In the 1891 census he is shown as a bankers clerk and in 1901 as a Clerk-Bank of England. The Bank of England Archives confirmed that Wilfred Goddard Bryant (21/08/1872-31/01/1952) was employed at the Bank's Branch Office from November 1890 until August 1937, reaching the position of cashier.
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b.1888
Born into a Jewish family in Siauliai, Lithuania, 1888; with her seven brothers and sisters and her parents emigrated to Boston, Massachusetts, USA, as a young child; active in the fight against tuberculosis in Boston and president of the Jewish Anti-Tuberculosis Association in Boston, 1912-1913; visited Europe, 1914; married Morris Klein, an emigrant from Krakow, 1921.