Papers of Barbara Bruce (1906-1976) 1935-1976

Santiniketan

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GandhiMohandas Karamchand, 1869-1948

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BruceBarbara, 1906-1976

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Tagore, Rabîndranâth, 1861-1941

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Rabindranath Tagore was born in Calcutta on 6 May 1861. After his marriage in 1883, Tagore managed the family estates at Shileida, where he wrote many of his works. In 1901 he founded a school at Santiniketan, Bopur, Bengal, which later became the international institution, Visva-Bharati. In 1912 he visited England and translated some of his works into English. He also made visits to countries in Europe, Asia and North and South America. In 1913 he received the Nobel Prize for literature. At the...

Bruce, Barbara

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Born in London in 1906, Barbara Bruce was a member of the Society of Friends and a sculptor. She was the daughter of Leonard and Dorothy Hartland, and had a younger brother, Cedric. In the early 1930s she moved to South Wales to assist fellow Quaker John Dennithorne in his work amongst the unemployed in Merthyr Tydfil. She then returned to London to train as a nurse at the London Hospital, qualifying in 1936. Through the Friends Service Council, she volunteered to work f...

BhaveVinoba, 1895-1982

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Quaker Peace & Social Witness

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Nehru, Jawaharlal, 1889-1964

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Epithet: Prime Minister of India British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001035.0x0003da Along with his father, Motilal, and Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru was the most visible and significant force for Indian independence. Raised partly in England, Nehru left his promising law practice to work for Indian independence, and was jailed often. He became the first Prime Minister of India, and is responsible for many of his count...

Sevagram Ashram

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Friends Ambulance Unit

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AryanayakamAsha Devi, 1901-1970

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