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  • 81Jimmy Thompson (actor) — James Edward (Jimmy) Thompson (30 October 1925 – 21 April 2005) was an English actor, writer, and director. He was born in Halifax and educated at St. Peter’s school in York. As a young man he began his career in repertory theatre in Yorkshire… …

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  • 82Orton Chirwa — Orton Chirwa, born Orton Edgar Ching oli Chirwa on 30 January 1919, was a lawyer and political leader in colonial Nyasaland and after independence became Malawi s Minister of Justice and Attorney General.[1] After a dispute with Malawi s… …

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  • 83Angus Calder — Angus Lindsay Ritchie Calder (5 February 1942 mdash;5 June 2008) was a Scottish academician, writer, historian, educator and literary editor with a background in English literature, politics and cultural studies. EducationHe read English… …

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  • 84Ted Grant — Edward (Ted) Grant (9 July 1913 ndash; 20 July 2006) was a South African Trotskyist politician who spent most of his adult life in Britain.Main ideasTed Grant described himself as a Marxist, a Leninist and a Trotskyist. In his ideas, one can… …

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  • 85Gerry Rafferty — Rafferty performing at Dublin s National Stadium 6 September 1980 Background information Birth name Gerald Rafferty Born …

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  • 86James Planché — Infobox Writer name = James Robinson Planché imagesize = 200px caption = 1835 portrait by Henry Perronet Briggs birthdate = birth date|df=yes|1796|2|27 birthplace = Piccadilly, London deathdate = death date and age|df=yes|1880|5|30|1796|2|27… …

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  • 87Corin Redgrave — Born Corin William Redgrave 16 July 1939(1939 07 16) Marylebone, London, England Died …

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  • 88Astra Desmond — (10 April 1893 16 August 1973) was a British contralto of the early and middle twentieth century.BiographyEarly yearsAstra Desmond was born Gwendolyn Mary Thompson, in Torquay, England. She was educated at Notting Hill High School and Westfield… …

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  • 89History of phycology — Phycology is the study of algae and history is the study of the past human activities. Human interest in plants as food goes back into the origins of the species ( Homo sapiens ) and knowledge of algae can be traced back more than two thousand… …

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  • 90Gene Savoy — Eugene Savoy redirects here. For the Austrian Habsburg military leader, see Prince Eugene of Savoy. Gene Savoy c. 2000 Douglas Eugene Gene Savoy (born May 11, 1927 Bellingham, Washington – died September 11, 2007 Reno Nevada) was an American… …

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