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), writer
Nick Webb
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Bainbridge, Dame Beryl Margaret (1932–2010), actress, writer, and artist
Mark Bostridge
Bainbridge, Dame Beryl Margaret (1932–2010), actress, writer, and artist, was born on 21 November 1932 at 294 Menlove Avenue, Allerton, Liverpool, the younger child of Richard Bainbridge, commercial agent, and his wife, Winifred, née Baines. Her father was a self-made man who left school at ten, established himself successfully in business, but then went bankrupt as a result of the 1929 financial crash. His wife, who considered that her husband had married above himself, was disappointed and embittered by the family's reduced circumstances, and the young ...
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Berger, John Peter (1926–2017), art critic, novelist, and film-maker
Colin MacCabe
Berger, John Peter (1926–2017), art critic, novelist, and film-maker, was born at 1 Filey Avenue, Clapton, London, on 5 November 1926, the elder son of Stanley Joseph Docking Berger (1893–1976), secretary of the Institute of Cost and Works Accountants, and his wife ...
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Handl, Irene (1901–1987), actress and novelist
Gillian Evans
Handl, Irene (1901–1987), actress and novelist, was born on 28 December 1901 at 13 Leith Mansions, Paddington, London, the second daughter of Frederick Handl, a bank clerk originally from Vienna, and his French wife, Maria Schiepp. She grew up in nearby St John's Wood...
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Markov, Georgi Ivanov (1929–1978), writer and dissident
R. J. Crampton
Markov, Georgi Ivanov (1929–1978), writer and dissident, was born in Sofia, Bulgaria, on 1 March 1929. His father, Ivan Markov, was an army officer in the royalist Bulgarian army. This fact coloured Markov's early life. After the communist seizure of power at the end of the Second World War young men and women from such backgrounds suffered discrimination, and for this reason ...
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Shelley [née Milsom], Lilian (1892–c.1934), music hall and cabaret singer, artists’ model, and novelist
Richard Weight
Shelley [née Milsom], Lilian (1892–c.1934), music hall and cabaret singer, artists’ model, and novelist, was born Lilian Milsom on 6 June 1892 in a sixteenth-century pub, the Three Sugar Loaves, at 2 Christmas Steps, Bristol, the daughter of Albert Milsom...
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Stoker, Abraham [Bram] (1847–1912), novelist and theatre manager
Barbara Belford
Stoker, Abraham [Bram] (1847–1912), novelist and theatre manager, was born on 8 November 1847 at 15 Marino Crescent, Clontarf, Dublin, the second of the five sons and two daughters of Abraham Stoker (1799–1876), clerk at Dublin Castle, and Charlotte, née Thornley (1818–1901), social activist and advocate for the poor. ...
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Wells [née Chapman], Alberta Constance [Dee] [other married name Alberta Constance Ayer, Lady Ayer] (1925–2003), journalist, novelist, and broadcaster
Alan Brien and Jane Hill
Wells [née Chapman], Alberta Constance [Dee] [other married name Alberta Constance Ayer, Lady Ayer] (1925–2003), journalist, novelist, and broadcaster, was born on 19 March 1925 in Providence, Rhode Island, USA, the elder daughter and second of four children of John William Chapman (1898–1967)...
