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A conscientious objector who did military service as a hospital orderly, he trained at the Bradford School of Art and then at London's Royal College, from which he graduated with a Gold Medal distinction.

From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026

He declared himself a conscientious objector during World War II. He was imprisoned, abandoned by his family and returned to Birmingham only to be further ostracized.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

In 1985, as the Year of the Pacific approached, the ship’s captain was Peter Willcox, a lifelong seaman and conscientious objector from Vietnam who’d devoted his career to environmental action on the oceans.

From Slate • Jul. 22, 2025

If a book is returned to the library, an objector may request a review by a state-appointed special magistrate at the expense of the school district.”

From Salon • Sep. 4, 2024

When they gave me a form to fill out, I wrote in the appropriate places that I was a Muslim, and that I was a conscientious objector.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey