A number of vice-presidents were taken from other towns; but the treasurer and honorary secretary were also citizens of Birmingham, while Mr. Schnadhorst, the great organiser, whose hand had been at work throughout the movement, became at once the active secretary.
"The Government of England (Vol. I)"
A. Lawrence Lowell
If Dr. Biron did not possess that theoretical knowledge of insanity which has made French alienists famous throughout the world, he was certainly a first-rate organiser.
"Fantômas"
Pierre Souvestre Marcel Allain
These he promptly dismissed-much to the vexation of Mr. de Mars; but I explained to him that I intended to see if my man was really to be depended upon as an organiser, and that I should allow him to work upon his own lines.
"A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil"
T. R. Swinburne