Lee Miller
Fashion model and photographer.  Born New York. Worked closely with Man Ray in Paris and worked within the surrealist movement, starring in Jean Cocteau's film "Le sang d'un poète". Married an Egyp...
Pilot Officer, 133 Eagle Squadron, American. The image, captioned "Denver 'Lucky' Miner", was kindly sent to us by Christine Miner, Denver's niece, along with the following information: Pilot Offi...
Edgar Dean Mitchell. Apollo astronaut who walked on the moon.
Painter, photographer and film-maker. Born László Weisz in Bácsborsód, Hungary, he changed his surname to that of his mother's lawyer friend, (Wikipedia says maternal uncle) who had helped when the...
Author and philanthropist. Leonard Abraham Montefiore was born Kensington. Â Grand nephew to Moses. Â Was a friend of Oscar Wilde when they were both at Oxford University. Â Chief assistant to Samuel ...
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