In what year was the subject of Frederick Drimmer's book "The Elephant Man" born?
Frederick Drimmer Frederick Drimmer (August 7, 1916 – December 24, 2000) is the author of "The Elephant Man", a book about Joseph Merrick, who suffered from Proteus Syndrome. He is also the author of "Very Special People", about famous sideshow people and the deformed, and "Until You are Dead...", concerning the history of executions in the United States.
Maria Dickin Maria Elisabeth Dickin CBE (nickname, Mia; 22 September 1870 – 1 March 1951) was a social reformer and an animal welfare pioneer who founded the People's Dispensary for Sick Animals (PDSA) in 1917. Born in 1870 in London, she was the oldest of eight children; her parents were William George Dickin, a Wesleyan minister, and Ellen Maria (née Exell). She married her first cousin, Arnold Francis Dickin, an accountant, in 1899; they had no children. She enjoyed music, literary work and philanthropy. Dickin died in London in 1951 of influenzal broncho-pneumonia.