Aaron, Richard Ithamar (1901–1987), philosopher, was born on 6 November 1901 at Upper Dulais, Blaendulais, Glamorgan, the son of William Aaron (1864–1937), a draper, and his wife, Margaret Griffith (d. 1940). He was brought up in Llwyfenni, Llangyfelach, Ynystawe, which was his home from 1910 to 1932, and received his secondary education at ...
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Aaron, Richard Ithamar (1901–1987), philosopher
O. R. Jones
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Aaronson, Lazarus (1895–1966), poet and educationist
William Baker
Aaronson, Lazarus (1895–1966), poet and educationist, was born at 34 Great Pearl Street, Spitalfields, London, on 18 February 1895, the son of Louis Aaronson, master bootmaker, and his wife, Sarah, née Kowalski. His parents were impoverished Jewish immigrants from Vilna in the Pale...
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Abadam, Alice (1856–1940), suffrage activist and women’s rights campaigner
Alexandra Hughes-Johnson
Abadam, Alice (1856–1940), suffrage activist and women’s rights campaigner, was born in St John’s Wood, London, on 2 January 1856 (census returns 1891, 1939 Register). Her birth was not registered and she was not baptised. She was the youngest of seven children (four daughters and two sons) of ...
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Abbadie, Jacques [James] (bap. 1654?, d. 1727), Church of Ireland dean of Killaloe
Ruth Whelan
Abbadie, Jacques [James] (bap. 1654
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Abbas Hilmi ['Abbās Ḥilmi] II (1874–1944), last khedive of Egypt
Michael T. Thornhill
Abbas Hilmi ['Abbās Ḥilmi]
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Abbas Hilmi II (1874–1944)
Maker: Dittrich
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Abbas Hilmi II (1874–1944) by Dittrich, pubd 1900 © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Abbatt [née Cobb], (Nora) Marjorie (1899–1991), promoter of toy design and businesswoman
Elizabeth Newson
Abbatt [née Cobb], (Nora) Marjorie (1899–1991), promoter of toy design and businesswoman, was born on 18 March 1899 at 12 Lovelace Gardens, Surbiton, Surrey, the elder daughter of Edward Rhodes Cobb (1872-1965), a well-to-do fur broker, and his wife Marion Murray ...
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Abbensetts, Michael John (1938–2016)
Maker: Horace Ové
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Michael Abbensetts (1938–2016), by Horace Ové, 2003
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Abbensetts, Michael John (1938–2016), playwright and television screenwriter
Stephen Bourne
Abbensetts, Michael John (1938–2016), playwright and television screenwriter, was born on 8 June 1938 in Georgetown, British Guiana, the son of Neville John Abbensetts, a doctor, and his wife, Elaine. They were a middle-class family of mixed African and European heritage. Abbensetts attended ...
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Abberbury family (per. c. 1270–c. 1475), gentry
Simon Walker
Abberbury family (per. c. 1270–c. 1475), gentry, of Donnington, Berkshire, was for several generations a highly successful family. The rise and decline of the Abberburys is typical of the volatility of the fortunes of many later medieval gentry families. Established as early as 1208 as one of the leading freeholding families in the ...
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Abbey, Edwin Austin (1852–1911), illustrator and painter
Lucy Oakley
Abbey, Edwin Austin (1852–1911), illustrator and painter, was born at 315 Race Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on 1 April 1852, the eldest of the three children of William Maxwell Abbey (1827–1897), a merchant of French and English descent, and Margery Ann Kiple (1825–1880), who was descended from German and Irish immigrants. He was educated in ...
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Abbey, John Roland (1894–1969), book collector
Anthony Hobson
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Abbey, John Roland (1894–1969), book collector, was born in Brighton on 23 November 1894, the eldest of three sons of William Henry Abbey, brewer, of Sedgwick Park, Horsham, and his wife, Florence, daughter of Henry Belcher, of Hove, Sussex. He was named John Rowland...
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Abbot, Charles (1761–1817), botanist and entomologist
Enid Slatter
Abbot, Charles (1761–1817), botanist and entomologist, was born on 24 March 1761. He was educated at Winchester College and matriculated at New College, Oxford, in 1779, gaining his BA in 1783. He was a fellow of the college between 1781 and 1788, was awarded his MA in 1787, and his DD in 1802. He held the life-appointment of usher at ...
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Abbot, Charles, first Baron Colchester (1757–1829), speaker of the House of Commons
Clare Wilkinson
Abbot, Charles, first Baron Colchester (1757–1829), speaker of the House of Commons, was born on 14 October 1757 at Abingdon, Berkshire, the son of the Revd John Abbot (d. 1760), a fellow of Balliol College, Oxford, and rector of All Saints, Colchester...
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Abbot, Charles, first Baron Colchester (1757–1829)
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Charles Abbot, first Baron Colchester (1757–1829) by Sir Thomas Lawrence, c. 1824 Palace of
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Abbot, George (1562–1633), archbishop of Canterbury
Kenneth Fincham
Abbot, George (1562–1633), archbishop of Canterbury, was born on 29 October 1562 in the parish of St Nicholas, Guildford, Surrey, the fourth of six sons of Maurice Abbot (1519/20–1606), shearman (clothworker), and Alice, née Marsh or March (1525/6–1606). His parents were committed protestants who, according to ...
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Abbot, George (1562–1633)
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George Abbot (1562–1633) after unknown artist, 1623 [copy] © National Portrait Gallery, London
