honorary scrolls

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• Arthur Powell Davies — A. Powell Davies (June 5, 1902 September 26, 1957) was the minister of All Souls Church, Unitarian in Washington, D.C. from 1943 to his death in 1957.BiographyBorn in Birkenhead, England (near Liverpool) to Welsh parents, Davies was raised a… …   Wikipedia

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