Maria Dickin
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Maria Elisabeth Dickin CBE
(22 September 1870, London
– 1 March 1951) was an animal welfare pioneer who founded the People's Dispensary for Sick Animals (PDSA) in 1917.
Order of the British Empire
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(22 September 1870, London
London
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– 1 March 1951) was an animal welfare pioneer who founded the People's Dispensary for Sick Animals (PDSA) in 1917.