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Mowbray, Charles Wilfred, 185?-1910
A short biography of tailor Charles Mowbray, who was possibly the first anarchist-communist in Britain. He was active in London, Norwich and the US.
Charles Wilfred Mowbray
Born 1850s – Durham, UK, died December 1910 – Bridlington, UK
Kitz, Frank, 1849-1923
A short biography of British anarchist and dyer Frank Kitz who was active in London in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Frank Kitz
Born Francis Platt, 1849 – London, UK, died 1923 - London, UK
"One of the wittiest public speakers I have ever known."
- George Cores, Personal Recollections of the Anarchist Past
[i]"A bluff, breezy chap, fond of his beer and jolly company"
John Bruce Glasier, William Morris and the Early Days of the Socialist Movement
