Humphrey Verdon Roe

Military Person

1878 – 1949

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Who was Humphrey Verdon Roe?

Humphrey Verdon Roe was a British businessman, a philanthropist, aircraft manufacturer and the usually unacknowledged co-founder of Britain's first and most successful birth control clinic along with Marie Stopes, who became his wife. He was the father of the British philosopher Harry Stopes-Roe.

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Born
Apr 18, 1878
Manchester
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Died
1949

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on July 23, 2013

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