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Acres, Birt (1854?–1918), film-maker  

Stephen Herbert

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Published online:
28 September 2006

Acres, Birt (1854?–1918), film-maker, was born in Richmond, Virginia, USA, most probably on 23 July 1854, to British parents who had emigrated to America as prospective farmers. No record of his early life has been found; we know only that his father's name was ...

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Adams, Douglas Noël (1952–2001), writer  

Nick Webb

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Published in print:
05 March 2009
Published online:
06 January 2005

Adams, Douglas Noël (1952–2001), writer, was born on 11 March 1952 at the maternity hospital in Cambridge, the son of Christopher Douglas Adams (d. 1985) and his wife, Janet Dora Sydney, née Donovan.

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Adams, Douglas Noël (1952–2001)  

Maker: Brian Griffin

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05 March 2009
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06 January 2005
Douglas Noël Adams (1952–2001) by Brian Griffin, 1986 © Brian Griffin; collection National Portrait Gallery, London

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Agate, James Evershed (1877–1947), drama critic  

Ivor Brown

revised by Marc Brodie

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Published in print:
23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Agate, James Evershed (1877–1947), drama critic, was born at Pendleton, Lancashire, on 9 September 1877, the eldest of the five sons and one daughter of Charles James Agate (1832–1909), cotton manufacturer's agent, and his wife, Eulalie Julia Young, daughter of a widowed piano teacher. Although generally regarded during his lifetime as the writer from ...

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Agate, James Evershed (1877–1947)  

Maker: Howard Coster

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Published in print:
23 September 2004
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23 September 2004
James Evershed Agate (1877–1947) by Howard Coster, 1934 © National Portrait Gallery, London

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Aggas, Robert (c. 1620–c. 1682), landscape and scene painter  

W. C. Monkhouse

revised by Arianne Burnette

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Published in print:
23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Aggas, Robert (c. 1620–c. 1682), landscape and scene painter, was the son of Samuel Agas of St Andrew's parish, Holborn. The family was originally from Stoke by Nayland in Suffolk. Samuel Agas was the son of Edward Aggas, a bookseller and printer, and relative of ...

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Aldridge, Ira Frederick (1807?–1867), actor  

Heidi J. Holder

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Published in print:
23 September 2004
Published online:
23 September 2004

Aldridge, Ira Frederick (1807?–1867), actor, was probably born on 24 July 1807 in New York city, the son of Daniel Aldridge, a lay preacher. Little is known of his mother, Lurona, who died when he was a youth. He was the first major African-American actor, although virtually all of his appearances were in ...

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Aldridge, Ira Frederick (1807?–1867)  

Maker: Henry Perronet Briggs

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004
Ira Frederick Aldridge (1807?–1867) by Henry Perronet Briggs, c. 1830 [as Othello] National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

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Allen, Dave [real name David Edward John Archer Cullen Tynan-O'Mahony] (1936–2005), comedian  

Dennis Barker

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Published in print:
07 March 2013
Published online:
08 January 2009

Allen, Dave [real name David Edward John Archer Cullen Tynan-O'Mahony] (1936–2005), comedian, was born on 6 July 1936 at Merrion House, Lower Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin, the youngest of three sons of (Gerard John) Cullen Tynan-O'Mahony (b. 1900), journalist and managing editor of the ...

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Allen, Dave (1936–2005)  

Maker: Trevor Leighton

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07 March 2013
Published online:
08 January 2009
Dave Allen (1936–2005) by Trevor Leighton, 1999 Camera Press, London

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Allen, James John [Jim] (1926–1999), playwright and scriptwriter  

Jason Tomes

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Published in print:
23 September 2004
Published online:
23 September 2004

Allen, James John [Jim] (1926–1999), playwright and scriptwriter, was born on 7 October 1926 at 31 Higher Duke Street, Miles Platting, Manchester, the second child of John (Jack) Allen, a railway labourer, and his wife, Catherine (Kitty) Lee. The family was of Irish descent. After attending local Roman Catholic schools, ...

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Alleyn, Edward (1566–1626), actor, theatre entrepreneur, and founder of Dulwich College  

S. P. Cerasano

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Published in print:
23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Alleyn, Edward (1566–1626), actor, theatre entrepreneur, and founder of Dulwich College, was born on 1 September 1566 in the London parish of St Botolph without Bishopsgate, 'near Devonshire House, where now is the sign of the Pye'. He was baptized the following day in the parish church, the son of ...

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Alleyn, Edward (1566–1626)  

Maker: unknown artist

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004
Edward Alleyn (1566–1626) by unknown artist by permission of the Trustees of Dulwich Picture Gallery

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Andrews, Eamonn (1922–1987)  

Maker: Godfrey Argent

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Published in print:
23 September 2004
Published online:
23 September 2004
Eamonn Andrews (1922–1987) by Godfrey Argent, 1970 © National Portrait Gallery, London

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Andrews, Eamonn (1922–1987), radio and television broadcaster  

Malcolm Morris

revised

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Published in print:
23 September 2004
Published online:
23 September 2004

Andrews, Eamonn (1922–1987), radio and television broadcaster, was born on 19 December 1922 at 11 Synge Street, Dublin, Ireland, the second of five children and elder son of William Andrews, carpenter, and his wife, Margaret Farrell. He was educated at a Dublin convent and the ...

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Angel, Edward (d. 1673), actor and comedian  

Charles Brayne

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Published in print:
23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Angel, Edward (d. 1673), actor and comedian, first came to public notice in winter 1659–60, when he joined the troupe assembled by John Rhodes at the Cockpit in Drury Lane. Angel's earliest recorded appearance was as Florimel in Fletcher and Rowley's The Maid in the Mill...

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Archer, William (1856–1924), theatre critic and journalist  

J. P. Wearing

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Published in print:
23 September 2004
Published online:
23 September 2004

Archer, William (1856–1924), theatre critic and journalist, was born at 6 North Methven Street, Perth, Scotland, on 23 September 1856, the eldest son of the nine children of Thomas Archer (1823–1905) of Glasgow and his wife, Grace Lindsay Morison (1832–1911), the daughter of ...

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Archer, William (1856–1924)  

Maker: Sir Emery Walker

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004
William Archer (1856–1924) by Sir Emery Walker, 1891 © National Portrait Gallery, London

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Arlott, (Leslie Thomas) John (1914–1991)  

Maker: unknown photographer

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004
(Leslie Thomas) John Arlott (1914–1991) by unknown photographer, 1955 © Empics

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Arlott, (Leslie Thomas) John (1914–1991), writer and broadcaster  

David Rayvern Allen

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Published in print:
23 September 2004
Published online:
23 September 2004

Arlott, (Leslie Thomas) John (1914–1991), writer and broadcaster, was born at Cemetery Lodge, Chapel Street, Basingstoke, Hampshire, on 25 February 1914, the only son of William John Arlott (1883–1959), cemetery registrar, and his wife, Ellen (Nellie) Jenvey-Clarke (c.1884–1975). He was educated at ...