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2 unusual facts about St. John Emile Clavering Hankin


St. John Emile Clavering Hankin

On a "dull, sultry, wet" June day in 1909, Hankin tied two seven-pound dumbbells around his neck and drowned himself in the River Ithon.

Hankin's admiration of the work of George Bernard Shaw led him to associate himself with the Stage Society and the Royal Court Theatre.



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