Person    | Male  Born 17/8/1926  Died 5/7/2007

George Melly

Categories: Music / songs

Jazz and blues singer and writer. Born Liverpool. Died at home in London.

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George Melly

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Spirit of Soho Mural

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Andrew Lloyd Webber

Andrew Lloyd Webber

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1 memorial
Adolphe Goossens

Adolphe Goossens

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1 memorial
Faithless

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Federation of Reggae Music

Federation of Reggae Music

Music Company. Their activity is recorded as supporting activities to performing arts.

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Sir Hans Sloane

Sir Hans Sloane

Physician, benefactor of the British Museum and an early benefactor to the Chelsea Physic Garden. Responsible for the addition of milk to chocolate to produce a palatable drink. Born Killyleagh, Ir...

Person, Benefactor, Medicine, Museums / Libraries, Race Issues, Science, Ireland

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British Association of Dermatologists

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The association is a charity, whose objects are the practice, teaching, training and research of dermatology. Its foundation was proposed in 1919 by Sir Archibald Gray, and at its first meeting, Si...

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1 memorial
Music Hall Guild of Great Britain and America

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Group, Music / songs, Theatre

11 memorials
Catherine of Aragon

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First wife of Henry VIII and married to him for longer (1509 - 1533) than the other five put together. Unlike them she was a powerful royal in her own right. Daughter of Ferdinand and Isabella, bor...

Person, Royalty, Seriously Famous, Spain

4 memorials
Grand Order of Water Rats

Grand Order of Water Rats

Show business charity with headquarters at The Water Rats Public House in the Gray's Inn Road.

Group, Music / songs, Philanthropy, Theatre, TV & Radio

8 memorials