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Guildford, diocese of
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History
Guildford, diocese of The see comprises most of Surrey. The massive increase in commuter population in the early 20th cent. necessitated...
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Godwin-Austen, Robert Alfred Cloyne
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
...Godwin-Austen, Robert Alfred Cloyne ( b . Guildford, England, 17 March 1808; d . Guildford, 25 November 1884) geology . Son of Sir Henry Edmund Austen of Shalford House, Guildford, and Anne Amelia Bate, Godwin-Austen was...
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Surrey
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History
...were separately identified—Guildford, the county town, and Southwark, itself...of it is a sandy desert.’ Guildford was busy, though the assizes were not...Godalming 3,400, Dorking 3,000, and Guildford 2,600. But Lambeth had 28,000...
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Mills, (Sir) John
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers
...Bad Blood ) (Mason) (as Johnnie Penrose); Tudor Rose (Nine Days a Queen ; Lady Jane Grey ) (Stevenson) (as Lord Guildford Dudley) 1937 O.H.M.S. (You're in the Army Now ) (Walsh) (as Cpl. Bert Dawson); The Green Cockatoo (Four...
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Handley, Vernon (George)
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
...1930). Eng. conductor. Cond. Tonbridge Phil. Soc. 1958–61, Proteus Choir 1962–81. Cond. Guildford PO and Ch. 1962–83. Cond. LPO and Bournemouth SO in 1961. Prof., RCM 1966–72. Cond. Ulster...
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Scott, Mackay Hugh Baillie
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
...published and praised by Muthesius in 1904. Other designs include Bill House, Selsey-on-Sea, Sussex (1907), Undershaw, Guildford, Surrey (1908–9), and Home Close, Sibford Ferris, Oxon. (1910). Probably his best house, with garden...
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Goodman, Roy
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
Goodman, Roy ( b Guildford, Surrey, 1951). Eng. conductor and violinist. From 1971 worked as mus. teacher in comprehensive schs. Specialist in perf...
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Maufe, Sir Edward Brantwood
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
...1974). English architect of simplified Gothic churches influenced by developments in Scandinavia, he is best known for Guildford Cathedral, Surrey (1932–66). Other works include Kelling Hall, Norfolk (1912–14), an Arts...
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Frink, Dame Elisabeth
Book article from: A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art
...Dame Elisabeth (1930–1993). British sculptor and graphic artist, born at Thurlow, Suffolk. She studied at Guildford School of Art, 1947–9, and Chelsea School of Art, 1949–53, then taught at Chelsea, 1953–...
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Getty, J. Paul
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art
Getty, J. Paul ( b Minneapolis, 15 Dec. 1892; d Sutton Place, nr. Guildford, Surrey, 6 June 1976). American oil magnate and art collector. Reputedly the richest man in the world, he amassed a large...
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