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3 unusual facts about William Henry Page


William Henry Page

In 1899 G.A. Gomme and H. Arthur Doubleday launched the Victoria County History through Archibald Constable & Co, in which Doubleday was a partner.

By 1909 the VCH had negotiated support from the soldier, businessman and politician Frederick Smith of the W H Smith family, and Page was able to rehire the staff.

In 1931 Page's daughter Dorothy became married to Sir Richard Gregory, the editor of Nature.



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