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Contemporary Biographies, by W.T. Pike, including "London at the opening of the Twentieth Century". (Pike's New Century Series no.15). Published in 1905 by W.T. Pike & Co., 19 Grand Parade, Brighton.

The volumes in this series each contain an illustrated section about the county, followed by a list of short biographies (each with a photographic portrait) of men of the county who were alive at the time of publication (plus a few who had recently died). Each volume has an index to the illustrations of buildings and views of the county, and an index to the biographies. The London volume was available to subscribers as sections of the whole: this section covers bureaucrats: actuaries and insurance, accountants, and secretaries.

Showing Sir John George Craggs (1856 – 9 May 1928), a chartered accountant of the firm Craggs, Turketine & Co. He was Hon. Sec. of King Edward's Hospital Fund for London since its foundation, and was a philanthropist who founded a travelling research scholarship. He was knighted in 1903, and was chairman of several companies, including Fortnum & Mason.
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Source Contemporary Biographies, by W.T. Pike, including "London at the opening of the Twentieth Century". (Pike's New Century Series no.15). Published in 1905 by W.T. Pike & Co., 19 Grand Parade, Brighton.
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