Researching Rewi Alley
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 407 people with the Alley surname? In that year Alley was ranked number 3172 for popularity in the UK. |
Records of Rewi Alley on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Rewi Alley and the Alley Genealogy
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| Did you know that there are currently 355 people with the Alley surname in the UK? Alley is now ranked number 3706 for popularity in the UK. |
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Some Famous People called Rewi Alley
Rewi Alley
Rewi Alley (known in China as 路易•艾黎, Lùyì Àilí, 2 December 1897 – 27 December 1987) was a New Zealand-born writer and political activist. A member of the Communist Party of China, he dedicated 60 years of his life to the cause and was a key figure in the establishment of Chinese Industrial Cooperatives and technical training schools, including the Peili Vocational Institute (Bailie Vocational Institute or the Beijing Bailie University). Alley was a prolific writer about 20th century China, and especially the communist revolution. He also translated numerous Chinese poems.
Source: Rewi Alley, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Alley
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