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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Harringay Arena
Harringay Arena was a sporting and events venue. Built in 1936 by Alfred Critchley who had, in 1927, built the open-air Harringay Stadium, a major greyhound racing and motorcycle speedway venue. Th...
Building, Animals, Music / songs, Religion, Sport / Games, Theatre
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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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Black Bull Inn, Holborn
Located at 122 Holborn, at the junction with Leather Lane, and dating from at least 1697. This inn was demolished in 1904 to make room for an extension to the department store Gamages, who occupied...
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