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9 ore fa · John Griffith Chaney (January 12, 1876 – November 22, 1916), better known as Jack London, was an American novelist, journalist and activist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and American magazines, he was one of the first American authors to become an international celebrity and earn a large fortune from writing.
- Joan London, Bessie London
9 ore fa · He also opened a bookstore named Magic Bus (after the popular Who song) in London. The Story of Tommy, a book written by Townshend and his art school friend Richard Barnes (now The Who's official biographer) about the writing of Townshend's 1969 rock opera and the making of the 1975 Ken Russell-directed film, was published by Eel Pie the same year.
9 ore fa · Paul du Feu. . . ( m. 1968; div. 1973) . Germaine Greer speaking. Recorded August 2007 from Bookclub, BBC Radio 4. Germaine Greer ( / ɡrɪər /; born 29 January 1939) is an Australian writer and public intellectual, regarded as one of the major voices of the second-wave feminism movement in the latter half of the 20th century.
9 ore fa · History Toponymy Bolton is a common Northern English name derived from the Old English bothl - tun, meaning a settlement with a dwelling. The first recorded use of the name, in the form Boelton, dates from 1185 to describe Bolton le Moors, though this may not be in relation to a dwelling. It was recorded as Bothelton in 1212, Botelton in 1257, Boulton in 1288, and Bolton after 1307. Later ...
1 giorno fa · Early life Stephen Russell Davies was born on 27 April 1963 at Mount Pleasant Hospital in Swansea. His father, Vivian Davies (1925–2015), and his mother, Barbara (1929–2001), were teachers. Davies was the youngest of three children and their only son. Because he was born by caesarean section, his mother was placed on a morphine drip and was institutionalised after an overdose resulted in a ...
9 ore fa · Julia Jean " Lana " Turner ( / ˈlɑːnə / LAH-nə; [a] February 8, 1921 – June 29, 1995) was an American actress. Over a career spanning nearly five decades, she achieved fame as both a pin-up model and a film actress, as well as for her highly publicized personal life. In the mid-1940s, she was one of the highest-paid American actresses ...
9 ore fa · 1838 – Paul Lacôme, French pianist, cellist, and composer (d. 1920) 1847 – Carl Josef Bayer, Austrian chemist and academic (d. 1904) 1851 – Alexandros Papadiamantis, Greek author and poet (d. 1911) 1854 – Napier Shaw, English meteorologist and academic (d. 1945) 1856 – Alfred William Rich, English painter, author, and educator (d. 1921)
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