Sir William Bower Forwood KBE DL 21 January 1840 – 23 March 1928 was an English merchant, shipowner and politician. He was a wealthy businessman and a local politician in Liverpool who raised money for the building of the Liverpool Overhead Railway and Liverpool Cathedral. Contents 1Early life and business 2Civic and charitable work 3Personal life 4References 5External links Early
Joseph Chamberlain 8 July 1836 – 2 July 1914 was a British statesman who was first a radical Liberal, then, after opposing home rule for Ireland, a Liberal Unionist, and eventually served as a leading imperialist in coalition with the Conservatives. He split both major British parties in the course of his career. He was father, by different marriages, of Austen Chamberlain and of
Stephen Andrew Gill Hough, CBE born 22 November 1961 is a British-born classical pianist, composer and writer. He became an Australian citizen in 2005 and thus has dual nationality (his father was born in Australia in 1926). Contents 1Biography 2Recordings 3Teaching and writing 4Australian connections 5Selected discography 6References 7External links Biography Hough was born in Heswall (then in Cheshire) on
Cary Grant born Archibald Alec Leach; January 18, 1904 – November 29, 1986 was an English-American actor, who was one of classic Hollywood’s definitive leading men. He was known for his transatlantic accent, debonair demeanor, light-hearted approach to acting, and sense of comic timing. Grant was born in Horfield, Bristol, England. He became attracted to theater at a young age when he visited
Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin KBE 16 April 1889 – 25 December 1977 was an English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer who rose to fame in the era of silent film. He became a worldwide icon through his screen persona, The Tramp, and is considered one of the most important figures in the history of the film industry. His
George Alsop, an English author, was probably born in London in 1636; the year and place of his death are unknown. Very little about his life is known, except for what is mentioned in his book, which indicates that he was likely to have been born, and certainly spent some of his youth, in London, England. Alsop is
John Alden 1598–1687 was a crew member on the historic 1620 voyage of the Mayflower which brought the English settlers commonly known as Pilgrims to Plymouth Colony in present-day Massachusetts. He was hired in Southampton, England, as the ship’s cooper, responsible for maintaining the ship’s barrels. Although he was a member of the ship’s crew and not a settler, Alden decided to remain in Plymouth
Philip William Yates GC 3 January 1913 – 14 February 1998 was an English recipient of the Edward Medal, later exchanged for a George Cross, awarded for gallantry in the 1931 Bentley Colliery Disaster in Yorkshire. Philip William Yates was born in County Durham on 3 January 1913. He left Counden Church School in Bishop Auckland at the age of 13
Alistair Cooke KBE 20 November 1908 – 30 March 2004 was a British-born American writer whose work as a journalist, television personality and radio broadcaster was done primarily in the United States. Outside his journalistic output, which included Letter from America and America: A Personal History of the United States, he was well known in the United States as the host of
Avraham Harman November 7, 1914 – February 23, 1992 was an Israeli diplomat and academic administrator. From 1968 to 1983, he was the president of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Biography Leslie Avraham Harman was born in London in the United Kingdom. He received a law degree from Wadham College, Oxford in 1935. In 1938, he immigrated to Mandate Palestine. Following Israeli independence in 1948, he