William Main Page
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William Main Page was a Briton, solicitor
in the Scottish High Court, and vice-consul of Czechoslovakia
in eastern Scotland
. He was born on 8 October 1869 in London
. Page was an Esperantist
from 1905. He was secretary of Edinburgh Esperanto Society 1906-14 and president 1945-15 and 1920-21. Page was editor of "Esperanto Monthly", 1914–19 and of "The British Esperantist" 1920. He authored "Pitman's Commercial Esperanto", 1919. He was president of the Scottish Esperanto Federation in 1927 and president of the World Congress in Edinburgh, as well as adviser of the International Central Committee in 1923-26 and vice president of the British Esperanto Association. Page was a chief collaborator of the Encyclopedia of Esperanto
.
Solicitor
Solicitors are lawyers who traditionally deal with any legal matter including conducting proceedings in courts. In the United Kingdom, a few Australian states and the Republic of Ireland, the legal profession is split between solicitors and barristers , and a lawyer will usually only hold one title...
in the Scottish High Court, and vice-consul of Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...
in eastern Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
. He was born on 8 October 1869 in London
London
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. Page was an Esperantist
Esperanto
is the most widely spoken constructed international auxiliary language. Its name derives from Doktoro Esperanto , the pseudonym under which L. L. Zamenhof published the first book detailing Esperanto, the Unua Libro, in 1887...
from 1905. He was secretary of Edinburgh Esperanto Society 1906-14 and president 1945-15 and 1920-21. Page was editor of "Esperanto Monthly", 1914–19 and of "The British Esperantist" 1920. He authored "Pitman's Commercial Esperanto", 1919. He was president of the Scottish Esperanto Federation in 1927 and president of the World Congress in Edinburgh, as well as adviser of the International Central Committee in 1923-26 and vice president of the British Esperanto Association. Page was a chief collaborator of the Encyclopedia of Esperanto
Encyclopedia of Esperanto
Encyclopedia of Esperanto may refer to three different attempts of creating an encyclopedia of all Esperanto topics...
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