Abrams, Mark Alexander [formerly Max Alexander Abramowitz] (1906–1994), social scientist, was born at 57 Balfour Road, Edmonton, London, on 27 April 1906, one of eight children born to Abraham (Abram) Abramowitz, also known as Abramovich or Abrams, and his wife, Annie (Hannah), ...
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Abrams, Mark Alexander [formerly Max Alexander Abramowitz] (1906–1994), social scientist
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Askham, Janet Mary (1941–2008), sociologist
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Askham, Janet Mary (1941–2008), sociologist, was born on 27 October 1941 at Paxton Park, Little Paxton, St Neots, Huntingdonshire, the only daughter of the Revd Leonard Charles Askham (1898–1983), vicar of Godmanchester, and his wife, (Grace) Hilda, née Mallett (1908–1952). She had four brothers, ...
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Durant, Henry William (1902–1982), opinion pollster and market researcher
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Durant, Henry William (1902–1982), opinion pollster and market researcher, was born at 42 Drummond Road, Bermondsey, London, on 23 October 1902, the first son and second of the five children of Henry William Durant (1870–1913), general warehouseman and later a foreman in a grain mill, and his wife, ...
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Ehrenberg, Andrew Samuel Christopher (1926–2010), statistician and marketing scientist
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Ehrenberg, Andrew Samuel Christopher (1926–2010), statistician and marketing scientist, was born in Bochum, Germany, on 1 May 1926 into a remarkably talented Jewish family. His father, the Revd Hans Philip Ehrenberg (1883–1958), was the outspoken pastor of Pauluskirche in Bochum at the time of the Nazis' seizure of power, one of the co-founders of the ...
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Hewlett (née Herbert), Hilda Beatrice (1864–1943)
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Hewlett [née Herbert], Hilda Beatrice (1864–1943), aviator and aircraft manufacturer
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Hewlett [née Herbert], Hilda Beatrice (1864–1943), aviator and aircraft manufacturer, was born in Cavendish House, Clapham, London, on 17 February 1864, the third daughter of George William Herbert (1830–1894), vicar of St Peter’s Church, Vauxhall, London, and his wife ...
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Jeremy [née Jacobs], Caroline Monat (1961–2015), marketing manager
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Jeremy [née Jacobs], Caroline Monat (1961–2015), marketing manager, was born on 3 July 1961 in Cape Town, South Africa, the third child and only daughter in the family of four children of Robert Monat Jacobs (d. 2008), businessman, manager of the family knitwear company ...
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Jowell, Sir Roger Mark (1942–2011), social statistician
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Jowell, Sir Roger Mark (1942–2011), social statistician, was born on 26 March 1942 in Cape Town, South Africa, the younger son of Jack Jowell (1906–1991), director of a company making ladies' clothing, and his wife, Emily, née Katzenellenbogen (1909–2000). His family were Jewish although ...
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McIntosh, Andrew Robert, Baron McIntosh of Haringey (1933–2010), market researcher and politician
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McIntosh, Andrew Robert, Baron McIntosh of Haringey (1933–2010), market researcher and politician, was born on 30 April 1933 in the Royal Free Hospital, Hampstead, London, the elder of two children of Albert William McIntosh (1904–1994), then a clerk for a business consultant, and his wife, ...
