Title
Envelope of family history research and family trees
Reference
YA2010.85/5/22
Production date
1944 - 1991
Creator
- Stopes-Roe, Harry VerdonBiographyBiography
Philosopher and Chair of the British Humanist Association
- Verdon-Roe, GeoffreyBiographyBiography
Son of Alliott Verdon-Roe and founder of Vero Electronics.
- Roe, Humphrey VerdonBiographyBiography
Humphrey Verdon-Roe was an English businessman and philanthropist who served as a lieutenant during both world wars. He was born in 1878 in Manchester. Along with his brother, Sir Alliott Verdon-Roe, he founded the A. V. Roe & Co Ltd company in 1910 (also known as Avro), which capitalised on A.V. Roe’s aeronautical inventions and experiments and went on to be of paramount importance to the training of air force officers. In 1918, Humphrey Verdon-Roe married Dr. Marie C. Stopes and together, they opened the first birth control clinic in Britain in London in 1921, the Mothers’ Clinic. Humphrey Verdon-Roe died in 1949.
Extent
7 items
Level of description
FILE
Repository name
Science and Industry Museum
Associated people and organisations
- Roe, Humphrey VerdonBiographyBiography
Humphrey Verdon-Roe was an English businessman and philanthropist who served as a lieutenant during both world wars. He was born in 1878 in Manchester. Along with his brother, Sir Alliott Verdon-Roe, he founded the A. V. Roe & Co Ltd company in 1910 (also known as Avro), which capitalised on A.V. Roe’s aeronautical inventions and experiments and went on to be of paramount importance to the training of air force officers. In 1918, Humphrey Verdon-Roe married Dr. Marie C. Stopes and together, they opened the first birth control clinic in Britain in London in 1921, the Mothers’ Clinic. Humphrey Verdon-Roe died in 1949.
- Stopes-Roe, Harry VerdonBiographyBiography
Philosopher and Chair of the British Humanist Association
- Verdon-Roe, GeoffreyBiographyBiography
Son of Alliott Verdon-Roe and founder of Vero Electronics.
- Stopes, Marie Charlotte CarmichaelBiographyBiography
Botanist and birth control pioneer
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Open access.
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