Rank, (Joseph) Arthur, Baron Rank (1888–1972), flour miller and film-maker, was born on 22 December 1888, at Chesnut Villas, Holderness Road, Drypool, near Kingston upon Hull, the youngest of three sons and sixth of eight children of Joseph Rank (1854–1943), and his wife, ...
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Rank, (Joseph) Arthur, Baron Rank (1888–1972), flour miller and film-maker
Richard Davenport-Hines
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Rank, (Joseph) Arthur, Baron Rank (1888–1972)
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(Joseph) Arthur Rank, Baron Rank (1888–1972) by Yousuf Karsh, 1949 © Karsh / Camera Press, London; collection National Portrait Gallery, London
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Winner, (Robert) Michael (1935–2013), film-maker and food critic
Andrew H. Spicer
Winner, (Robert) Michael (1935–2013), film-maker and food critic, was born on 30 October 1935 at 40 Belsize Grove, Hampstead, London, the only child of George Joseph Winner (1907–1972), businessman, and his wife, Helen, née Zlota (1906–1984), who was born in Praszka, Poland. His paternal grandfather was a Russian Jew who became a naturalized British citizen in 1910 and set up a successful clothing business. ...
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Winner, (Robert) Michael (1935–2013)
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(Robert) Michael Winner (1935–2013) by unknown photographer, 1960s © Getty Images
