Richard Martin

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Standard Name: Martin, Richard,, 1754 - 1834

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Family and Intimate relationships Mary Martin
Her paternal grandfather, Richard Martin , was known as Humanity Martin or Humanity Dick: a humanitarian, an Irish MP, and founder of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals .
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2025, 22 vols. plus supplements.
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Boylan, Henry, editor. A Dictionary of Irish Biography. 2nd ed., St Martin’s Press, 1988.

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16 June 1824: The first meeting of the Society for the...

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16 June 1824

The first meeting of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (later the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals or RSPCA) took place in London.
French, Richard D. Antivivisection and Medical Science in Victorian Society. Princeton University Press, 1975.
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Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

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