Basil Dearden

Basil Dearden

male, deceased (1971)
Basil Dearden 1911 - 1971) was an English film director, born Basil Dear in Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex. Dearden graduated from theatre direction to...
Emily Brightwell

Emily Brightwell

female
Emily Brightwell is the pen name of Cheryl Arguile. She is the author of all twenty-two titles in her Victorian murder mystery series, "The...
Laird Cregar

Laird Cregar

male, deceased (1944)
Laird Cregar (28 July 1913, Philadelphia - 9 December 1944, Los Angeles) was an American actor. Laird Cregar was the youngest of six sons of Edward...

John Fowler

male, deceased (1898)
Sir John Fowler KCMG Bt (15 July 1817 - 10 November 1898) was a railway engineer in Victorian Britain. He helped build the first underground...

Joseph Reed

male, deceased (1890)
Joseph Reed, a Cornishman by birth, was probably the most influential Victorian era architect in Melbourne, Australia. He established a practice,...

Thomas Thornycroft

male, deceased (1885)
Thomas Thornycroft (1815-1885) was a British engineer and sculptor. His works include a statue of Queen Victoria on horseback and a statue of Queen...
Helen Allingham

Helen Allingham

female, deceased (1926)
Helen Allingham (née Helen Mary Elizabeth Paterson, was a well-known watercolour painter and illustrator of the Victorian era. She was born near B...
James Collinson

James Collinson

male, deceased (1881)
James Collinson (May 9 1825 - January 24 1881) was a Victorian painter who was a member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood from 1848 to 1850....
Abdul Karim

Abdul Karim

male, deceased (1909)
Hafiz Abdul Karim CIE (1863?-1909), better known as "the Munshi" (variously translated as "teacher" or "clerk" in Hindi), was an Indian servant of...
Arthur Munby

Arthur Munby

male
Arthur Munby (1828-1910) was a Victorian era British diarist, poet, barrister and solicitor. He is also known by his initials, A.J. Munby. He was a...