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Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs

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International organization that brings together scholars and public figures to work toward reducing the danger of armed conflict and to seek solutions to global security threats. Founded by Joseph Rotblat and Bertrand Russell in Pugwash, Nova Scotia, Canada, following the release of the Russell–Einstein Manifesto in 1955.

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Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs

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Sir Joseph Rotblat

Sir Joseph Rotblat, KCMG, CBE, FRS (1908 - 2005) one of Poland's finest sons,...

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Dadabhai Naoroji

Dadabhai Naoroji

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Henry Charles Stephens

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Alexander Alfred Yeatman

Alexander Alfred Yeatman

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Thomas Wilson

Thomas Wilson

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Mr J Minchin

Mr J Minchin

Trustee of the Putney Pest House Charity, 1862.

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