Person    | Male  Born 12/8/1949 

Mark Knopfler

Categories: Music / songs

Countries: Scotland

Lead guitarist in Dire Straits. Born Glasgow. Apart from the fact that they were both members of the Garrick Club, not necessarily at the same time, we can find no connection between Knopfler and Laurence Olivier.

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Mark Knopfler

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Laurence Olivier statue

Unveiled by Sir Richard Attenborough, Larry‘s son, Tarquin and widow, Joan Pl...

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Ziggy Stardust

Ziggy Stardust

'The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars' is a concept album based on the story of a fictional rock star who is the human manifestation of an alien being attempting to present...

Fiction, Music / songs

3 memorials
Professor Cecília Vajda

Professor Cecília Vajda

Britain's leading exponent of Kodaly's principles of musicianship training, founder of the British Kodaly Academy, Born in Budapest, Vajda studied with Kodály. From the Picture source: "... came t...

Person, Music / songs, Hungary

1 memorial
Richard William Robertson

Richard William Robertson

For 39 years the organist of All Saints Talbot Road, W11. Andrew Behan has researched Robertson: Richard William Robertson was born in Kensington in 1880, the eldest of the eleven children of Will...

Person, Music / songs

1 memorial
Steve Currie

Steve Currie

Bass guitarist.  Born Grimsby.  Joined T-Rex in November 1970 and left late 1976.  Went on to work as a session musician.  Died in a car crash near his home in Portugal.

Person, Music / songs, Portugal

1 memorial
W. H. Whitaker

W. H. Whitaker

Student of Trinity College of Music, killed in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces, Music / songs

War dead, WW1
1 memorial

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Carpenters' Company

Carpenters' Company

The company has been in existence from at least 1271, and received its royal charter in 1477. In common with most other livery companies, it no longer has a role as an association of tradesmen and ...

Group, Liveries & Guilds

1 memorial
Conrad W. Their

Conrad W. Their

Secretary at the Royal Free Hospital in 1895.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
James Durnford Capel

James Durnford Capel

One of the wardens of Aske's Hospital in 1828. We have found two possible appearances on the web (and are convinced enough that they refer to our man that we've taken his dates): A Family History ...

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
St Johns Hackney war memorial

St Johns Hackney war memorial

E5, Lower Clapton Road, St John, Hackney

The Listing text gives: "The almshouses in Wattisford Road for Disabled Soldiers and Sailors, referred to in the inscription ..." and: "...

War dead, War served | WW1
3 subjects commemorated, 3 creators
Chewbacca

Chewbacca

A character in the Star Wars series. He is a Wookiee from the planet Kashyyyk, and is the loyal friend and first mate of Han Solo. He was portrayed in the films by the 7' 3" tall actor Peter Mayhew.

Person, Cinema, Fictional

1 memorial