The XIVth Dalai Lama
Spiritual leader of the Gelug or 'Yellow Hat' school of Tibetan Buddhism. Born (in his present incarnation) as Lhamo Dhondup in Taktser, in the east of Qinghai province of China. His spiritual name...
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Hans Keller
Musician and writer, who made significant contributions to musicology and music criticism, as well as being a commentator on such disparate fields as psychoanalysis and football. From Holocaust Re...
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Milein Cosman
Milein Cosman, artist and illustrator, best known for her drawings and prints of leading cultural figures, dancers and musicians in action. From Holocaust Remembrance: "Milein Cosman was born into...
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Brigadier-General Alfred Critchley
Air Commodore Alfred Cecil Critchley, CMG, CBE, DSO was a military commander, entrepreneur and politician. Conservative MP 1934-5. Born in what is now Alberta, Canada and brought to England at the...
Person, Armed Forces, Politics & Administration, Sport / Games, Theatre, Canada
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Billy Graham
William Franklin Graham Jr. was an American evangelist and an ordained Southern Baptist minister who became well known internationally in the late 1940s. He was a prominent evangelical Christian fi...
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Obadiah Pulham
Sculptor working at Woodbridge in Suffolk, during the early 19th century. He was working for Pulham and Sons, a firm of Victorian landscape gardeners and terracotta manufacturers, run by 5 generati...
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Sir William Bull
Conservative MP for Hammersmith / Hammersmith South, 1900-29. William James Bull was the son of Henry Bull, a solicitor. He sat on the committees for the repairs to the Palace of Westminster, and f...
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Benjamin Abbott Lyon
Treasurer of Hampstead Liberal Club in 1889. Benjamin Abbott Lyon was born on 3 September 1837, the second of the three children of George James Lyon (1805-1866) and Mary Ring Lyon née Abbott (181...
Person, Commerce, Community / Clubs, Politics & Administration
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Sir Charles Russell
Charles Arthur Russell, Baron Russell of Killowen. Irish statesman and Lord Chief Justice of England 1894-1900. Born Ireland. His three sisters all became nuns and his brother Matthew Russell was ...
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Ruth Ling
Longest serving councillor in Lambeth and journalist. Ruth Ling was the second of the three children of Trevor Oswald Ling (1920-1995) and Mary Ling née Inkster (1926-1973). Her two sisters were: ...
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