Caesar, Julius (1656
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Caesar, Julius (1656?–1712?), apothecary and composer
W. B. Squire
revised by Patrick Wallis
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Foulis, David (1710–1773), composer and physician
Helen Goodwill
Foulis, David (1710–1773), composer and physician, was born on 8 October 1710 at Woodhall, Currie, Edinburghshire, the second of two sons and four daughters born to William Foulis (1674–1737) of Woodhall, an advocate, and his second wife, Helen Hepburn. David Foulis studied medicine at ...
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Harington, Henry (1727–1816), composer and physician
Gordon Goodwin
revised by K. D. Reynolds
Harington, Henry (1727–1816), composer and physician, was born at Kelston, Somerset, on 29 September 1727, the second son of Henry Harington (1686–1769) and his wife, Mary Backwell (bur. 1731). He was descended from Henry VIII's treasurer of the army, ...
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Kohn, Sir Ralph (1927–2016), pharmacologist, singer, and philanthropist
Michael Yudkin
Kohn, Sir Ralph (1927–2016), pharmacologist, singer, and philanthropist, was born in Leipzig on 9 December 1927, the fifth and last child of Marcus (Max) Kohn (1889–1971), textile dealer, and his wife, Lena, née Aschheim (1891–1978). His father had been born in ...
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Neel, (Louis) Boyd (1905–1981), conductor and medical practitioner
Diana McVeagh
Neel, (Louis) Boyd (1905–1981), conductor and medical practitioner, was born on 19 July 1905 at 30 Ulundi Road, Blackheath, London, the only child of Louis Anthoine Neel, a paint manufacturer, and his wife Ruby Le Couteur; both families came from Jersey. He was educated at the ...
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Robbins, Clive Edward (1927–2011), pioneer of music therapy
Fraser W. B. Simpson
Robbins, Clive Edward (1927–2011), pioneer of music therapy, was born into a baker's family on 23 July 1927 at 37 Oscott Road, Handsworth, Birmingham. His passion from a young age was music. He thrived at piano lessons from the age of fourteen and absorbed himself in popular and classical music. At the age of sixteen he joined the ...
