War correspondent. Born Henry Woodd Nevinson. He reported on the Second Boer War and WW1 and also investigated the slave trade in Angola. In 1907 he was one of the founders of the Men's League for Women's Suffrage. He was father of the artist Christopher Nevinson.
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Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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Henry Nevinson
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LSE History gives: "... Frederick and Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence, who owned and edited the WSPU newspaper Votes for Women. Founded in 1907, Votes for Women was printed at the St Clement’s Press on C...
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