Ambrose Erle Fuller Appelbe (1903 – 24 January 1999) was a British solicitor and social reformer.
Appelbe was born in Johannesburg to a British family, his father being a medical missionary. He was educated at Kingswood School and Trinity Hall, Cambridge, where he was the Squire Law Scholar.[1]
Appelbe settled at Toynbee Hall, and formed his own firm of solicitors. He also served on the council of the universities settlements, and on the executive of the Fabian Society.[1]
In 1929, Appelbe married fellow solicitor Carrie Morrison.[2] At the 1935 United Kingdom general election, he stood unsuccessfully for the Labour Party in Harwich.[3] In 1958, he was a founding trustee of the Albany Trust.
Appelbe was, with George Bernard Shaw & H.G Wells, a founder of the Smell Society, which had the aim of promoting pleasant smells.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b "Biography of new member". Fabian News. April 1929.
- ^ England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858–1966, 1973–1995
- ^ British parliamentary election results 1918–1949, Craig, F. W. S.
- ^ Summerscale, Kate (2024). The Peepshow - The Murders at 10 Rillington Place. London: Bloomsbury Circus. ISBN 9781526660480.