Maria Elisabeth Dickin CBE (nickname, Mia; 22 September 1870 – 1 March 1951) philanthropist and a social reformer, an animal welfare pioneer who founded the People's Dispensary for Sick Animals (PDSA) in 1917. Born in 1870 in London, she was the oldest of eight children; her parents were William George Dickin, a Wesleyan minister, and Ellen Maria (née Exell). She married her first cousin, Arnold Francis Dickin, an accountant, in 1899; they had no children. She enjoyed music, literary work and philanthropy. Dickin died in London in 1951 of influenzal broncho-pneumonia.
was born at 1 Farrington Terrace, South Hackney, Middlesex, on 22 September 1870, daughter of William George Dickin (d. In/ before 1899)
Maria Elisabeth Dickin (1870-1951). A social reformer and an animal welfare pioneer who founded the People's Dispensary for Sick Animals (PDSA) in 1917 in Great Britain. Born in London. She established The Dickin Medal in 1943 in order to award all the animals that had fought and served the British Empire during the Second World War. Between 1943 and 1949, the medal was awarded to a total 54 animals: 32 pigeons, 18 dogs, 3 horses, and a cat
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire
was born at 1 Farrington Terrace, South Hackney, Middlesex, on 22 September 1870, daughter of William George Dickin (d. In/ before 1899)
Maria Elisabeth Dickin (1870-1951). A social reformer and an animal welfare pioneer who founded the People's Dispensary for Sick Animals (PDSA) in 1917 in Great Britain. Born in London. She established The Dickin Medal in 1943 in order to award all the animals that had fought and served the British Empire during the Second World War. Between 1943 and 1949, the medal was awarded to a total 54 animals: 32 pigeons, 18 dogs, 3 horses, and a cat
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Distinction :
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Maria Elisabeth Dickin CBE (nickname, Mia; 22 September 1870 – 1 March 1951) philanthropist and a social reformer, an animal welfare pioneer who founded the People's Dispensary for Sick Animals (PDSA) in 1917. Born in 1870 in London, she was the oldest of eight children; her parents were William George Dickin, a Wesleyan minister, and Ellen Maria (née Exell). She married her first cousin, Arnold Francis Dickin, an accountant, in 1899; they had no children. She enjoyed music, literary work and philanthropy. Dickin died in London in 1951 of influenzal broncho-pneumonia.
was born at 1 Farrington Terrace, South Hackney, Middlesex, on 22 September 1870, daughter of William George Dickin (d. In/ before 1899)
Maria Elisabeth Dickin (1870-1951). A social reformer and an animal welfare pioneer who founded the People's Dispensary for Sick Animals (PDSA) in 1917 in Great Britain. Born in London. She established The Dickin Medal in 1943 in order to award all the animals that had fought and served the British Empire during the Second World War. Between 1943 and 1949, the medal was awarded to a total 54 animals: 32 pigeons, 18 dogs, 3 horses, and a cat
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Distinction :
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
was born at 1 Farrington Terrace, South Hackney, Middlesex, on 22 September 1870, daughter of William George Dickin (d. In/ before 1899)
Maria Elisabeth Dickin (1870-1951). A social reformer and an animal welfare pioneer who founded the People's Dispensary for Sick Animals (PDSA) in 1917 in Great Britain. Born in London. She established The Dickin Medal in 1943 in order to award all the animals that had fought and served the British Empire during the Second World War. Between 1943 and 1949, the medal was awarded to a total 54 animals: 32 pigeons, 18 dogs, 3 horses, and a cat
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Distinction :
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
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