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Richard Wilson (born May 24, 1953) is a sculptor, installation artist and musician. Born in Islington, London in, he studied at the London College of Printing, Hornsey College of Art and Reading University. He was the DAAD residenct in Berlin in 1992, Maeda Visiting Artist at the Architectural Association in 1998 and nominated for the Turner Prize in both 1988 (when Tony Cragg won) and 1989 (when Richard Long won). - Tom Friedman
Tom Friedman (born 1965) American conceptual sculptor known for his work employing everyday material, such as toothpicks or sugar cubes in intricate geometric arrangements. Friedman was born in St. Louis, Missouri and attended Washington University there, receiving his Bachelor of Fine Arts in graphic illustration in 1988. He pursued graduate coursework at the University of Illinois at Chicago receiving a Master of Fine Arts in sculpture in 1990. - David Thomson
David Thomson (born 1941 in London, UK) is a noted film critic in the United States and the author of the lauded "New Biographical Dictionary of Film". Thomson was a teacher of film studies at Dartmouth College and is a regular contributor to "The New York Times", "Film Comment", "Movieline", "The New Republic", and Salon.com. - Judith Leiber
Judith Leiber (born Judith Peto in 1921 in Budapest, Hungary) is a world-renowned designer of haute couture handbags. Judith Peto was the first woman to join the handbag-makers guild in Budapest. A Jew, she escaped the Holocaust of World War II to the safety of the Swiss house when her father was able to obtain a Swiss schutzpass, a document that gave the bearer safe passage(this pass is on view at the Holocaust Museum in Washington DC). - Chris Sheldon
Chris Sheldon is a record producer, particularly of rock music, based in London, UK. He has produced or mixed records for the Foo Fighters, Feeder, Biffy Clyro and Reuben amongst others. - Margaret Lockwood
Margaret Lockwood, CBE (15 September, 1916 - 15 July, 1990) was a British actress. Born and Christened Mary Margaret Lockwood Day in Karachi, British India (now Pakistan), Lockwood's family returned to the United Kingdom while she was a child. She then attended Sydenham Girls' High School, and a ladies school in Kensington, London. She began sudying for the stage at an early age under Italia Conti, and made her debut at the age of 12 at the Holborn Empire, … - Bert Hardy
Bert Hardy (1913, London, UK-1995) was a British documentary and press photographer. He rose from humble working class origins to work first for the General Photographic Agency, then to found his own freelance firm Criterion. In 1941 Criterion was absorbed into the leading picture publication of the 1930s and 1940s, "Picture Post". - Lisa Appignanesi
Lisa Appignanesi is a writer and novelist of Polish-Jewish origin. She was raised in Paris, France and in Montreal, Canada. She graduated from McGill University with a B.A. degree in 1966 and her M.A. the following year. During 1970-71 she was a staff writer for the Centre for Community Research in New York City and is a former University of Essex lecturer in European Studies. - Nikki Yeoh
Nikki Yeoh (born May 23, 1973) is a British electronica pianist, keyboardist and composer born in London, UK, probably better known for her work with Courtney Pine, Neneh Cherry, Phillip Bent, Dick Heckstall-Smith, Chante Moore and Steve Williamson, among others. She fuses her electronica music into jazz sometimes, though she is primarily an electronica musician. - John Searl
John Roy Robert Searl claims to have invented a device known as the Searl Effect Generator (SEG) and the related Inverse Gravity Vehicle (IGV). Both are said to be open system energy converting devices, utilizing linear motor technology with sets of multi-phased rollers riding on a magnetic bearing. Searl claims to have conducted his initial experimental research and development from 1946 to 1956. He claims that the SEG successfully generated electricity, … - George Palmer Putnam
George Palmer Putnam was an important American book publisher. Putnam was born in Brunswick, Maine. In 1838, George Palmer Putnam and John Wiley established the publishing house of "Wiley & Putnam" in New York City. In 1841, Putnam went to London, UK where he set up a branch office, the first American to ever do so. In 1848 he returned to New York where he dissolved the partnership with John Wiley and established "G. - Ann Saunderson
Ann Saunderson (born in London, UK) is a British dance/soul artist. Saunderson recorded and released material under the pseudonym Ruth Joy between 1987 and 1992 with her group Krush, and between 1989 and 1992 as a solo artist. - Maxine Daniels
Maxine Daniels (born November 2, 1930) is a British jazz singer born in London, UK, probably better known for her work with Humphrey Lyttelton and others. - George Haven Putnam
George Haven Putnam, A.M., Litt.D. was an American soldier, publisher, and author. The eldest son of publisher George Palmer Putnam and Victorine Haven Putnam, he was born in London, UK where his father had been living since 1841 while establishing a branch office for his New York City publishing company, Wiley & Putnam. In 1848 the family returned to the United States and George Haven Putnam was educated in New York. - Doretta Morrow
Doretta Morrow (January 27, 1928 - February 28, 1968) was an American actress and dancer. Miss Morrow was born "Doretta Marano" in Brooklyn, New York and died in London, UK. - Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken
Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken (born 1954 in the Netherlands) is the owner of a controlling interest in the world's third-largest brewer, Heineken International. She is the daughter of Freddy Heineken, the Dutch industrialist, and Lucille Cummins, an American from a Kentucky family of bourbon whiskey distillers. Charlene Heineken studied law at the University of Leiden. She married Michel de Carvalho, a stockbroker, graduate of Harvard University, former film actor, … - James R. Keene
James Robert Keene born 1838 - January 3, 1913 was a Wall Street stock broker and a major thoroughbred race horse owner and breeder. Born in London, UK, he was fourteen years of age when his family emigrated to the United States. As a young man, James R. Keene made a fortune through shrewd investments in California and Nevada mining companies and was eventually appointed president of the San Francisco Stock Exchange. - Mary Corinna Putnam Jacobi
Mary Corinna Putnam was an American physician, writer, and suffragist who was the first woman to become a member of the Academy of Medicine. The daughter of George Palmer Putnam and Victorine Haven Putnam, she was born in London, UK where her father had been living since 1841 while establishing a branch office for his New York City publishing company, Wiley & Putnam. - Dave Defries
David DeFries (born May 24, 1952) is a British jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist and percussionist born in London, UK, probably best known for having been a member of Brotherhood of Breath founded by Chris McGregor. - Charles Cowles-Voysey
Charles Cowles-Voysey was born in London, UK on 24 June 1889 and died there on 10 April 1981. He was the son of Charles Voysey and was responsible for the design of Kingsley Hall which included a main hall also used for worship, and five rooftop cells for community volunteers. John Brandon Jones worked for Charles Cowles-Voysey, became a partner in the business and finally took over the firm. - Philip Metcalfe
Philip Metcalfe (29 August 1733 - 10 August 1818) was a distiller in London, UK and member of Parliament from Horsham from 1784. He represented Plympton Erle, Devon from 1790 to 1796 and Malmesbury Wiltshire from 1796. He was also a collector and a patron of the arts, and a friend of Samuel Johnson. He sat for two portraits that are archived in the National Portrait Gallery: one by Pompeo Batoni and one by William Evans (after Edward Scott). - William Woodward Sr.
William Woodward, Sr. was a American banker and major owner and breeder in thoroughbred horse racing. Born in New York City to a prominent and wealthy family, he studied at Harvard Law School, graduating in 1901. For the next two years Woodward lived in London, UK where he served as secretary to the United States ambassador to Britain. There, he joined with other members of the political and economic elite at fashionable events including thoroughbred horse races, … - Jeanne-Marie Le Prince de Beaumont
Jeanne Marie Le Prince de Beaumont was a French novelist. Her first work, a moralistic novel, The Triumph of Truth (le Triomphe de la Vérité) was published in 1748. When her first marriage failed, she became a governess in London. She continued her literary career by publishing many school books (Éducation complète, ou Abrégé de l'histoire universelle, 1762; le Mentor moderne, 1773). - Pytt Geddes
Pytt Geddes (born Gerda Meyer Bruun) 17 July 1917 - 4 March 2006 was responsible for bringing t'ai chi to the UK. She taught classes at The Place in London, UK. She was born Gerda Meyer Bruun at Bergen, Norway the daughter of a successful businessman and politician who served in the Norwegian government as Minister of Trade. During the Second World War, she joined the Norwegian Resistance. - Zoe Zeniodi
Zoe Zeniodi Zoe Zeniodi has appeared in recital as a soloist and accompanist in Greece, England, France, Germany, Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Venezuela and the United States. She has been described by the press as “an emotional, exciting, passionate pianist…” (Rossdorfer Anzeiger, Germany), “the most important surprise of the evening…” (Uncommited Press, Greece) and “a pianist that plays with sensitivity and gives to the songs a calm, … - Thomas Power
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I am a British born chinese currently living in London who is passionate in the things I do, following a career in the creative industry as a Graphic Designer, currently working for an IT web company as a Creative Director. For many reasons, my goals and ambitions in life is to live and have a successful career in Japan as this has always been a childhood dream. I have been learning Japanese at a snails pace over the past few years, well ten years to be exact. - Lory
lets say, i love travelling, dancing is my passion, i live my life at 200%, and above all, in love with san diego ... i had the chance to live there for a year and i could say that's the best experience i had so far.. CARPEDIEMMM. - Anne
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I can name all 50 U.S. states in alphabetical order. Ask me to reel them off if there's ever a desperate, embarrassing lull in the conversation. - Denis Barnard
Mad, eccentric, acerbic old British guy with dire sense of humour and some vestigial good manners... Loves women, especially with cutting tongues and a good laugh. You may find me hanging at denis6361 on Yahoo or prismadwb@hotmail.com remember time diff GMT = EST +5 or PST +8 xxxx More to follow (there's MORE????-ed.) - Kristy
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Once upon a time, not all that long ago, a baby girl was born. She was brought into this world in the midst of an electrical storm (some say she brought the storm with her) in the fair 'burb of Westwood, New Jersey. The baby girl grew to be a happy, mild mannered child, and despite her abilities to raise the dead and set things on fire with the power of her mind, she had a happy, normal childhood.
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