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Bronowski, Jacob (1908–1974), mathematician, poet, and humanist  

Susan Sheets-Pyenson

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Bronowski, Jacob (1908–1974), mathematician, poet, and humanist, was born on 18 January 1908 in Łódź, Poland, the first of the three children of Abram Bronowski, haberdasher, and his wife, Celia Flatto. During the First World War the family lived in Germany, and in 1920 they moved to ...

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Lewis [née Finkelstein], Naomi (1911–2009), poet and literary critic  

William Baker

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10 January 2013

Lewis [née Finkelstein], Naomi (1911–2009), poet and literary critic, was born Naomi Finkelstein at 12 St George's Road, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, on 3 September 1911, the second of four children of Samuel Meir Finkelstein, a herring merchant who had emigrated from Latvia...

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Menken, Adah Isaacs (1835?–1868), actress and poet  

J. Gilliland

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Menken, Adah Isaacs (1835?–1868), actress and poet, is thought to have been born on 15 June 1835 in New Orleans. At various times in her life she produced different versions of her parentage, giving her father's name as James McCord, Richard Spencer...

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Rosenberg, Isaac (1890–1918), artist and poet  

Jon Stallworthy

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Rosenberg, Isaac (1890–1918), artist and poet, was born at 5 Victoria Square, The Temple, Bristol, on 25 November 1890, the second child and second son in the family of four sons and two daughters of Barnett (formerly Dovber) Rosenberg (b. 1859/60), a Lithuanian who had emigrated from ...