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Leeds Worthies
by The Reverend R.V. Taylor

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produced by Yorkshire CD books ©

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"The Worthies of Leeds" or “Biographical Sketches of the Worthies of Leeds and the neighbourhood from the Norman conquest to the present time”. This book contains around 250 biographies of various lengths in over 500 pages. These cover Authors, Poets, Journalists, Bishops, Clergy, Ministers, Doctors, Engineers, Inventors, Scientists, Officers, Statesmen and all the “Worthies” in between. For a list of the people, please see either the Index or the Contents below.

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