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» rik - re William Merrick

I do not know much about William Merrick although Ihave come across his name several times.
Enciklopedio de Esperanto has the following entry:-

Merrick (merik)William Percy,anglo. Nask.2 Nov 1868 en Shepperton. Kolektis tradiciajhojn. Esperantighis en 1903.Propagandis inter blinduloj. Kas. de la gazeto E-a Ligilo.

I'll see if i can find more.
Rik

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» nickp - Re: re William Merrick

In response to message posted by rik:

I am also intersted in William Merrick as he lived in my home town of Shepperton, where I am a member of the local history society. He was a farmer by trade. Unfortunately I am not an esperanto speaker so I would be grateful if you could translate the entry you found on Merrick for me. There is some of his correspondence with Lucy Broadwood (of the famous piano-making family)
kept at the Surrey history centre at Woking, Surrey. Was Merrick involved with Esperanto?
Regards
Nick P

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» David_Poulson - Re: Re: re William Merrick

In response to message posted by nickp:

Thanks for the letter Nick. Here is the translation you requested.

Merrick (merik)William Percy,anglo.(ENGLISHMAN) Nask.(BORN) 2 Nov 1868 en Shepperton. Kolektis tradiciajhojn.(COLLECTED FOLK MATERIAL) Esperantighis en 1903. BECAME AN ESPERANTIST IN 1903) Propagandis inter blinduloj. (PROMOTED THE LANGUAGE AMONG BLIND PEOPLE) Kas. de la gazeto E-a Ligilo.(TREASURER OF THE JOURNAL: THE ESPERANTO LINK).

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