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Adams, Gladstone (1880–1966), motorist and inventor of a windscreen wiper  

Anne Pimlott Baker

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Adams, Gladstone (1880–1966), motorist and inventor of a windscreen wiper, was born on 16 May 1880 at 4 St Ann's Row, Newcastle upon Tyne, son of John Adams, metal merchant, and his wife, Agnes, née M'Gregor, and was educated at Rutherford College, Newcastle...

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Addison, Thomas (1795–1860)  

Maker: Alfred Hone

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Thomas Addison (1795–1860) by Alfred Hone, 1838 by permission of the Royal College of Physicians, London; photograph National Portrait Gallery, London

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Addison, Thomas (1795–1860), physician  

N. G. Coley

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Addison, Thomas (1795–1860), physician, was born in April 1795 at Long Benton, near Newcastle upon Tyne, the younger son of Joseph Addison (1756–1823), a grocer and flour dealer, and his wife, Sarah, née Shaw (1761–1841). Educated privately and at Newcastle grammar school, Addison...

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Airey, Richard, Baron Airey (1803–1881)  

Maker: Lock & Whitfield

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Richard Airey, Baron Airey (1803–1881) by Lock & Whitfield, pubd 1878 © National Portrait Gallery, London

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Airey, Richard, Baron Airey (1803–1881), army officer  

John Sweetman

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Airey, Richard, Baron Airey (1803–1881), army officer, was born at Newcastle upon Tyne in April 1803, the eldest son from the six boys and three girls of Lieutenant-General Sir George Airey (1761–1833) and his wife, Catherine Talbot (d. 1852), third daughter of ...

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Akenside, Mark (1721–1770)  

Maker: Edward Fisher

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Mark Akenside (1721–1770) by Edward Fisher, 1772 (after Arthur Pond, 1754) © National Portrait Gallery, London

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Akenside, Mark (1721–1770), poet and physician  

Robin Dix

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Akenside, Mark (1721–1770), poet and physician, was born on 9 November 1721 in Butcher Bank, St Nicholas, Newcastle upon Tyne, the sixth of seven children of Mark Akenside (b. 1676), butcher, and his wife, Mary (1685–1760), daughter of William Lumsden. He was baptized on 30 November in the nonconformist meeting-house which his parents attended in ...

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Alder, Joshua (1792–1867), zoologist  

G. T. Bettany

revised by Yolanda Foote

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Alder, Joshua (1792–1867), zoologist, was born on 7 April 1792 at Dean Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, the son of Joshua Alder (1759/60–1808) and his wife, Mary Harrison, who were provision merchants. He was educated at Tanfield School, under a relative, the ...

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Alder, Joshua (1792–1867)  

Maker: Maull & Polyblank

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Joshua Alder (1792–1867) by Maull & Polyblank, 1855 © National Portrait Gallery, London

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Cover Andrews, Charles Freer (1871–1940)

Andrews, Charles Freer (1871–1940)  

Maker: Howard Coster

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Charles Freer Andrews (1871–1940) by Howard Coster, 1935 © National Portrait Gallery, London