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Priscilla Hannah Peckover (27 October 1833 – 8 September 1931) was an English Quaker, pacifist and linguist from a prosperous banking family. After helping to raise the three daughters of her widowed brother, in her forties she became involved in the pacifist movement. She founded the Wisbech Local Peace Association, which grew to have 6,000 members. She was active at a national level with the Peace Society and worked with pacifist groups in several other countries. She funded and edited the journal ''Peace and Goodwill: a Sequel to the Olive Leaf'' for almost fifty years, and funded publication of an Esperanto version of the Bible. She was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize on four occasions. ==Background== Priscilla Hannah Peckover was born on 27 October 1833 in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire. She was the third of eight children of Algernon Peckover (1803–1893) and Priscilla Alexander (–1883). Her brother was Alexander Peckover, 1st Baron Peckover (1830–1919). Her family were wealthy Quaker bankers and philanthropists. She was privately educated, although for a short period she went to school in Brighton. She devoted herself to raising her three nieces after her brother Alexander's wife died in 1862. On 20 November 1877 Peckover was recorded a minister of the Society of Friends. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Priscilla Hannah Peckover」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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