Tom Poole (barrister)
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Frederick Thomas Poole MBE (26 September 1935 – 7 June 2017) was the first blind person in Britain to train and practice as a barrister.[1]
References
- ^ "Tom Poole | Register". The Times & The Sunday Times. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
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