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George Clare (other)
George Clare may refer to: * George Adam Clare (1854–1915), Canadian businessman, manufacturer and politician in Preston, Ontario * George Clare (writer) (1920–2009), British Jewish author who wrote ''Last Waltz in Vienna'' * George William Burdett Clare (1889–1917), English recipient of the Victoria Cross {{hndis, Clare, George ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Adam Clare
George Adam Clare, (June 6, 1854 – January 9, 1915) was a businessman, manufacturer and politician based in Preston, Ontario, Preston, Ontario, Canada (now part of Cambridge, Ontario). He was born in Preston to John Clare and Margaret Beck. In 1875, he went to work at his father's foundry eventually purchasing the enterprise in partnership with his brother and another associate upon his father's retirement in 1881. The business was incorporated in 1901 as Clare Bros. Co. Ltd., with George Clare as its president. In 1876, he married Catherine Fink. Clare also headed a number of other companies such as Galt Stove and Furnace, Clare and Clare and Brodest Ltd. of Winnipeg, Solid Leather Shoe Co. Ltd, Preston Car and Coach Co. and Canadian Office and School Furniture Co. Ltd. Clare was elected to the Preston town council in 1883 and became Reeve (Canada), reeve of Preston in 1886 serving for two years. He assumed this position again from 1891 to 1898. When Preston was incor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Clare (writer)
George Peter Clare (''né'' Georg Klaar) (21 December 1920 – 26 March 2009) was a British author and Holocaust survivor who wrote '' Last Waltz in Vienna'' and ''Berlin Days'', both autobiographies. ''Last Waltz'' won the 1982 WH Smith Literary Award. He was born in Vienna in 1920; his father, Ernst Klaar, was an assimilated Jewish banker. He fought during World War II for the British Army and worked as a news editor for many years, including for Axel Springer AG. He was naturalised in 1947. He died on 26 March 2009, aged 88. His mother was Stella Ernestyne. The Klaars were an upper-class family and George claimed that they led easy lives until the war. He came from a family of doctors, his grandfather was an army surgeon and the first Jew to reach a high military rank and his grandfather was a distinguished doctor also. In 2005 he was awarded an honorary doctorate by NUI Galway. George was married to Lisl Beck, his childhood sweetheart, from 1939 to 1965. They had one son an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |