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Charles Read (Australian politician) Charles Read (c.1825 – 3 March 1910) was a tailor and politician in colonial Australia, a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. Read was born in Southampton, England, the son of James Read and Ann, ''nee'' Lye. Read arrived in Geelong ...

(1814–1910), politician in Geelong, Victoria, Australia * Charles A. Read (1837–1865), American Civil War sailor and Medal of Honor recipient *

Charles Read (Medal of Honor) Charles Read (born 1840, date of death unknown) was a Union Navy sailor in the American Civil War and a recipient of the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions at the Battle of Natural Bridge. Born in 1840 in Camb ...

(1840–?), American Civil War sailor and Medal of Honor recipient *

Charles Read (naval officer) Charles William Read (May 12, 1840 – January 25, 1890), known commonly as "Savez", was an officer in the antebellum United States Navy and then in the Confederate Navy during the American Civil War. He was nicknamed the "Seawolf of the Confeder ...

(1840–1890), American, lieutenant in the Confederate States Navy *

Charles Anderson Read Charles Anderson Read (born 1841, Sligo, Ireland; d.1878, Surrey, England) was an Irish journalist, novelist and anthologist. Life He was born to a landowning family near Sligo. He had a business in Rathfriland, County Down, but when it failed he ...

(1841–1878), Irish writer * Sir

Charles Hercules Read Sir Charles Hercules Read (6 July 1857 – 11 February 1929) was a British archaeologist and curator who became Keeper of British and Mediaeval Antiquities and Ethnography at the British Museum, and President of the Society of Antiquaries of L ...

(1857–1929), British archaeologist and curator *

Charles C. Reid Charles Chester Reid (June 15, 1868 – May 20, 1922) was an American lawyer and politician who served five terms as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Arkansas from 1901 to 1911. Early life and career Born i ...

(1868–1922), Arkansas lawyer and politician *

Charles Read (squash player) Charles Richard Read (1 March 1889 – date of death unknown) was a professional squash player from England, where professional squash began in 1907. Read was based at the Queen's Club in London, and beat C. Bannister of the Bath Club 15–5, 15� ...

(1889–?), British professional squash player *

Charles Read (RAAF officer) Air Marshal Sir Charles Frederick Read, KBE, CB, DFC, AFC (9 October 1918 – 17 September 2014) was a senior commander in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). He served as Chief of the Air Staff (CAS) from 1972 to 1975. Born in Sy ...

(1918–2014), commander in the Royal Australian Air Force *

Charles Read (mathematician) Charles John Read (16 February 1958 – 14 August 2015) was a British mathematician known for his work in functional analysis. In operator theory, he is best known for his work in the 1980s on the invariant subspace problem, where he construc ...

(1958–2015), British mathematician * Sir Charles D. Read (1902–1957), New Zealand surgeon *

Charles Read (Philadelphia) Charles Read (b. circa 1686 - January 20, 1736) was a merchant and the 20th mayor of Philadelphia, serving from October 4, 1726 to October 3, 1727. He also owned the house that became the London Coffee House, which he bought for £150. Life Born ci ...

(died 1736), merchant and mayor of Philadelphia

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