H. Thomas Bromley — Henry Thomas Bromley, RBSA, known generally as H. Thomas Bromley, was an artist born in 1853 in Birmingham, England and died in 1924.He was a prominent 19th century English artist who did most of his work in the region around Birmingham. His… … Wikipedia
List of women novelists before Jane Austen — Dale Spender laid the groundwork for this list in her classic Mothers of the Novel: 100 good women writers before Jane Austen (1986) (names on Spender s original list are indicated with an asterisk [*] ). The Novelists * Penelope Aubin* * Jane… … Wikipedia
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The Zoo — is a one act comic opera, with music by Arthur Sullivan and a libretto by B. C. Stephenson, writing under the pen name of Bolton Rowe. It premiered on June 5 1875 at the St. James s Theatre in London (as an afterpiece to W. S. Gilbert s Tom Cobb… … Wikipedia
Julie Andrews — Dame Julie Andrews Andrews, March 2003. Born Julia Elizabeth Wells 1 October 1935 (1935 10 01) (age 76) Walton on Thames, Surrey, England … Wikipedia
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Matthew Edmond McCoy — (2 June 1868 December 1929) served as Magistrate of the British Overseas Territory of Pitcairn Island in 1909. He was the son of James Russell McCoy and Eliza Coffin Palmer Young, and was the grandson of Matthew McCoy. He was one of the last… … Wikipedia
Folk music of England — Pentangle performing in 2007 Folk music of England refers to various types of traditionally based music, often contrasted with courtly, classical and later commercial music, for which evidence exists from the later medieval period. It has been… … Wikipedia
Henry Eeles Dresser — (May 9, 1838 November 28, 1915) was an English businessman and ornithologist.Henry Dresser was born in Thirsk where his father was the manager of the bank which had been set up by his grandfather. Dresser s father left Thirsk in 1840 41 to become … Wikipedia