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William Skirving
(d. 1796)
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LOC:    Skirving, William, d. 1796
DNB:    Skirving, William (d. 1796), political reformer
LBT ID: WiSkirv1796    VIAF ID: 26624522    LOC ID: no90019614		DIED:   1796-03-16
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
Scottish radical educated at Edinburgh University; a founder of the Society of the Friends of the People, he was convicted of sedition in 1794 and transported to New South Wales.
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