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Hector Hamilton
Hector Hamilton was a British-born architect working in New York City for "Hamilton and Green" during the 1930s. He became prominent in 1932 when the Soviet Union awarded him first prize alongside two Soviet architects for his design for the Palace of the Soviets in the second round of a public design competition, only to cancel the award without explanation a few months later. He also designed the grade II listed "San Remo Towers" block of flats in Boscombe, England, built between 1935 and 1938.
Hector Charlesworth
Hector Willoughby Charlesworth (b 28 Sep 1872 in Hamilton, Ontario - d 30 Dec 1945 in Toronto, Ontario) was a Canadian writer, editor, and critic. From 1904 to 1910 he was an editor and critic at the Toronto "Mail and Empire". In 1910 he went to "Saturday Night" and was its editor from 1926 to 1932. From 1932 to 1936 he was chair of the newly formed Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission (precursor to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation), after which he returned