Emily Hobhouse
Emily Hobhouse (9 April 1860 – 8 June 1926) was a British welfare campaigner, anti-war activist, and pacifist. She is primarily remembered for bringing to the attention of the British public, and working to change, the deprived conditions inside the British concentration camps in South Africa built to incarcerate Boer and African civilians during the Second Boer War.
Emily Hobhouse | |
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Emily Hobhouse photographed by Henry Walter Barnett in 1902 | |
| Born | 9 April 1860 St Ive, Cornwall, England |
| Died | 8 June 1926 (aged 66) Kensington, London, England |
| Occupation(s) | Welfare campaigner; humanitarian activist |
| Parent(s) | Reginald Hobhouse (father) Caroline Trelawny |
| Relatives | Leonard Trelawny Hobhouse (brother) |
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