Ernest Simon of ManchesterManchester University Press, 1963 - 181 pages A short biography of one of the most distinguished Mancunians of our time. He was a man of seeming contradictions; an industarian, he also appeared inhuman to the observer. He led a highly successful public life, a Lord Mayor of Manchester, an M.P. Chairman of the B.B.C. Governors and eventually a peer. He has his memorials in Manchester. this sympathetic biography by a distinguished woman well-known as a broadcaster is a further monument to him. |
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INTRODUCTION | 1 |
A MANCHESTER CHILDHOOD | 4 |
APPRENTICESHIP ΙΟ 4 PARTNERSHIP | 22 |
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