# Humphrey Verdon Roe

> Humphrey Verdon Roe was a British businessman, a philanthropist, aircraft manufacturer and the usually unacknowledged co-founder of Britain's first and most successful birth control clinic along with Marie Stopes, who became his wife. He was the father of the British philosopher Harry Stopes-Roe. Roe advocated for the racial superiority of the British upper classes and pushed birth control as a means of reducing birth rates among the poor and lower classes.Neo-Malthusians, Eugenists, and the Declining Birth-Rate in England, 1900-1918

*British army officer (1878–1949)*

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## Identity
- **Country:** United Kingdom
- **Born:** 1878-04-18
- **Died:** 1949-07-27
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
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- **Profile completeness:** 31.0 / 100

## Sources
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