Wendy Mary Beckett (1930–2018), by Lou Boileau, 2006
© Lou Boileau
Wendy Mary Beckett (1930–2018), by Lou Boileau, 2006
© Lou Boileau
Beckett, Wendy Mary (1930–2018), nun, art historian, and broadcaster, was born on 25 February 1930 in Johannesburg, South Africa, one of three children of Aubrey Cecil Beckett (1897–1961), a banker’s clerk of Irish origin, and his wife, Dorothy, née Sheehan. Through her father she was a distant cousin of the playwright ...
Gryn, Hugo Gabriel (1930–1996), rabbi and broadcaster, was born in Berehovo, Czechoslovakia, on 25 June 1930, in a home filled with great learning and warmth. His father, Géza Gryn (1900–1945), was a timber merchant; his mother was Bella Neufeld (1908–1964) of Silce. The ...
Morris, Colin Manley (1929–2018), Methodist minister and broadcaster, was born on 13 January 1929 at 7 Sloane Street, Bolton, Lancashire, the third child and only son of Daniel Manley Morris (1886–1962), railway labourer, and his wife, Mary Alice, née Edmondson (...