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Thane Read
American pacifist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
William Thane Read (29 June 1912 – 23 October 1996) was an American advocate for global peace. He was a descendant of George Read, Founding Father of the United States and best known for his leadership in leading the World Constitution Coordinating Committee (WCCC), which built widespread support for the development and establishment of the Constitution for the Federation of Earth by calling the World Constitutional Convention.[2]
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Born | William Thane Read (1912-06-29)June 29, 1912 Dermott, Arkansas, U.S. |
Died | October 23, 1996(1996-10-23) (aged 84) Prescott, Arizona, U.S. |
Other names | Thane Reed |
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Mabel Gertrude Gill (m. 1938) |
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