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Life Summary

Name	Percy Joseph Marks
Born	12 November, 1867 Maitland, New South Wales, Australia
Died	22 June, 1941 (aged 73) Kirribilli, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cultural Heritage	English Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Religious Influence	Jewish Includes the religion in which subjects were raised, have chosen themselves, attendance at religious schools and/or religious funeral rites; Atheism and Agnosticism have been included.
Related Entries	[View as tree] Marks, Elizabeth (mother) Marks, Harriet (sister) Marks, Baby (brother)
Education *	Royston College (Sydney) (student, 1880-1883) University of Sydney (student, 1884-1888)
Occupation *	Australiana collector (1891-1941) New South Wales, Australia coin/medal collector (1891-1941) New South Wales, Australia Shakespearean scholar (1891-1941) New South Wales, Australia solicitor (1891-1941) New South Wales, Australia Zionist (1891-1941) New South Wales, Australia historian (general) (1912-1941) New South Wales, Australia bibliographer (1915-1936) New South Wales, Australia St John Ambulance leader (1938-1941) New South Wales, Australia
Clubs *	NSW Sports Club (founding member, 1896-1941) NSW Sports Club (director, 1928-1930)
Key Organisations *	Australian Empire Games Council (chairman) Australian Ex-Libris Society (committee member, ?-1941) Friends of the Hebrew University (Sydney) (member) Jewish Literary and Debating Society (Sydney) (member) Junior Union of Sydney Zionists (president) New South Wales Board of Jewish Education (secretary) Numismatic Society of New South Wales (committee member, ?-1941) Royal Australian Historical Society (member, ?-1941) Royal Colonial Institute (fellow, ?-1941) Shakespeare Society of New South Wales (founding member) Society of Australian Genealogists (committee member, ?-1941) Sydney Zionist Society (founding president, 1908) Royal Australian Historical Society (council member, 1912-1918) Australian Jewish Historical Society (founding member, 1939-1941) Australian Jewish Historical Society (founding president, 1939-1941)
Political Activism *	Zionist
Workplaces *	Hebrew Standard (joint editor) Creagh & Williams (article clerk, 1888-1891)

* Dates are approximate