Sir Augustus Harris
Actor and theatre manager. Born Paris, into an international theatre family. ‘Father of Modern Pantomime', he introduced stars of popular music hall into his Christmas pantomimes. From aged 27 for...
Actor and theatre manager. Born Paris, into an international theatre family. ‘Father of Modern Pantomime', he introduced stars of popular music hall into his Christmas pantomimes. From aged 27 for...
Film actor and singer. Born Helene Lilian Muriel Pape in Hornsey. Her father, a German businessman moved the family to Magdeburg. She studied at the dance and voice school of the Berlin Opera, taki...
Herbert Allatson Heavingham was born in 1894 in Saxmundham, Suffolk, the second of the three children of Herbert Edward Heavingham (1867-1942) and Christianna Heavingham née Taylor (1867-1943). His...
German poet and essayist. Born Dusseldorf. Died Paris.
Engineer and builder. One of the early innovators with reinforced concrete initially in Brussels. In 1892, he patented a reinforced-concrete construction system. The first building erected using th...
Thomas Albert Henn was born on 20 April 1876 in Penge, Surrey (later Kent and now Greater London), a son of William Charles Henn (1855-1898) and Mary Ellen Henn née Adams (1852-1922). His birth was...
Born at the Louvre Palace in Paris on 16 or 26 November, daughter of the King of France. Â Married King Charles I on 13 June 1625 and the couple went on to have two sons who became King Charles II a...
Footballer. Born at Les Ulis, Essonne, France. He played for several teams and is best known for his time with Arsenal F.C. from 1999 to 2007.Â
King of England. Born in Monmouth. He ruled from 1413 until his sudden death. Famously remembered for his victory against the French at the Battle of Agincourt.
Heraclius or Eraclius was archbishop of Caesarea and Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem. Born in France, studied law in Bologna, arrived in the Kingdom of Jerusalem before 1168 and worked his way up to ...