Catchpool, Corder, 1883-1952

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Pacifist, conscientious objector, Quaker, engineer; decorated for service with Friends Ambulance Unit while imprisoned in England for conscientious objection to World War I; described war experiences in his book On Two Fronts; arrested in Berlin in 1933 while a secretary for the International Quaker Centre; worked for international understanding and release of conscientious objectors.

From the description of Collection, 1914-1952. (Swarthmore College, Peace Collection). WorldCat record id: 41105482

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creatorOf Catchpool, Corder, 1883-1952. Letter, 1947, to Lewis Mumford. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
creatorOf Catchpool, Corder, 1883-1952. Collection, 1914-1952. Swarthmore College, Peace Collection, SCPC
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Conscientious objectors
Pacifists
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Birth 1883

Death 1952

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