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Thomas Hare

1806–91

Political reformer. Called to the bar, 1833; practised in the Chancery courts. Inspector of charities, 1853; assistant commissioner, 1872–87. Devised a system of proportional representation for the House of Commons and other electoral bodies.

Source

ODNB.

Bibliography

ODNB: Oxford dictionary of national biography: from the earliest times to the year 2000. (Revised edition.) Edited by H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. 60 vols. and index. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004.

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