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1 online resource (127 entries) : 37 images, digital files |
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polychrome |
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Originally published: 2005. |
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Lord Kitchener, 5 June 1916 -- V. I. Lenin, Dictator of Soviet Russia. World revolution as goal. 21 January 1924 -- Giacomo Puccini, A famous opera composer 29 November 1924 -- Rudolf Valentino, A film 'star' 23 August 1926 -- Claude Monet, The great painter of light 5 December 1926 -- Emmeline Pankhurst, A pioneer of woman suffrage 14 June 1928 -- D. H. Lawrence, A writer of genius 2 March 1930 -- Nellie Melba, A great prima donna 23 February 1931 -- Sir Edward Elgar, The laureate of English music 23 February 1934 -- Marie Curie, The discoverer of radium 4 July 1934 -- Sigmund Freud, Psycho-analysis 23 September 1939 -- Amy Johnson, A great airwoman 6 January 1941 -- Virginia Woolf, Novelist, essayist, and critic 28 March 1941 -- David Lloyd George, National leadership in war and peace. A pioneer of social reform. 26 March 1945 -- President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Four times chief executive of United States. Service in freedom's cause. 12 April 1945 -- Adolf Hitler, Dictator of Germany. Twelve years of force and tyranny. 30 April 1945 -- General G.S. Patton, Brilliant American war leader 21 December 1945 -- John Maynard Keynes, A great economist 21 April 1946 -- Henry Ford, Motor manufacturer and idealist 7 April 1947 -- Mahatma Gandhi, Apostle of independence 30 January 1948 -- George Orwell, Criticism and allegory 21 January 1950 -- George Bernard Shaw, A prophet in the theatre 2 November 1950 -- Arnold Schoenberg, Beyond chromaticism 13 July 1951 -- Joseph Stalin, Dictator of Russia for 29 years 5 March 1953 -- Alan Turing, 17 June 1954 -- Henri Matisse, A master of modern French painting 3 November 1954 -- Sir Alexander Fleming, Discoverer of penicillin 11 March 1955 -- Albert Einstein, Father of nuclear physics 18 April 1955 -- Humphrey Bogart, An actor of authority 14 January 1957 -- Arturo Toscanini, A legendary musical figure 15 January 1957 -- Christian Dior, A master of couture design 24 October 1957 -- Dorothy L. Sayers, Christian apologist and novelist 17 December 1957 -- Frank Lloyd Wright, One of the world's outstanding architects 9 April 1959 -- |
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Aneurin Bevan, A brilliant and controversial Labour leader 6 July 1960 -- Sir Thomas Beecham, Conductor, impresario and benefactor of music 8 March 1961 -- Ernest Hemingway, An outstanding creative writer 2 July 1961 -- Marilyn Monroe, Hollywood legend 5 August 1962 -- John F. Kennedy, Courage and idealism at the White House 22 November 1963 -- Lord Beaverbrook, Quest for power in press and politics 9 June 1964 -- Ian Fleming, The creator of James Bond 12 August 1964 -- T. S. Eliot, The most influential English poet of his time 4 January 1965 -- Sir Winston Churchill, The greatest Englishman of his time. World leader in war and peace. 24 January 1965 -- Le Corbusier, The outstanding architectural figure of his time 27 August 1965 -- Earl Attlee, Presiding figure over the post-war years of social revolution 8 October 1967 -- Yuri Gagarin, First man to fly in space 27 March 1968 -- Martin Luther King, Baptist minister who championed Negro rights 4 April 1968 -- Enid Blyton, Froebel teacher who became author of best-selling children's books 28 November 1968 -- Walter Gropius, Influential modern architectural philosopher 5 July 1969 -- Bertrand Russell, Philosopher who sought involvement with problems of the age 2 February 1970 -- Jimi Hendrix, A key figure in the development of pop music 18 September 1970 -- President Nasser, Creator of modern Egypt 10 September 1970 -- Coco Chanel, Famous French fashion designer 6 January 1971 -- Igor Stravinsky, The most influential composer of his time 6 April 1971 -- Louis Armstrong, The greatest jazz trumpeter of his time 6 July 1971 -- Duke of Windsor, King who gave up a throne to marry the woman he loved 28 May 1972 -- Sir Noel Coward, Playwright and actor who was a master of comedy 26 March 1973 -- Otto Klemperer, A conductor of international renown 6 July 1973 -- Pablo Picasso, Most influential artist of his age 8 April 1973 -- Samuel Goldwyn, One of the fathers of the American film industry 31 January 1974 -- Charles Lindbergh, First non-stop solo flight from New York to Paris 26 August 1974 -- P. G. Wodehouse, Creator of a timeless fairyland 14 February 1975 -- Agatha Christie, A subtle narrative gift 12 January 1976 -- |
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Howard Hughes, 5 April 1976 -- Field Marshal Montgomery, Soldier who became victor of El Alamein and a legend in his own lifetime 24 March 1976 -- Mao Tse-tung, Revolutionary leader who inspired the regeneration of China 9 September 1976 -- Benjamin Britten, A major contribution to English music 4 December 1976 -- Elvis Presley, 'The king' of rock and roll music 16 August 1977 -- Maria Callas, Operatic star of genius 16 September 1977 -- Charlie Chaplin, Comic genius of the cinema screen 25 December 1977 -- Jesse Owens, Memorable performance at the Berlin Olympics 30 March 1980 -- Jean-Paul Sartre, A leading original thinker of the twentieth century 14 April 1980 -- Sir Alfred Hitchcock, Master of screen suspense 29 April 1980 -- Mae West, Film humorist who made sex a shared joke 22 November 1980 -- John Lennon, Dominant role in a pop music revolution 8 December 1980 -- Bob Marley, 11 May 1981 -- Glenn Gould, 4 October 1982 -- Sir Douglas Bader, Showing the way to the disabled 5 September 1982 -- Orson Welles, Formidable and inventive actor and producer 10 October 1985 -- Henry Moore, Sculptor of international reputation 31 August 1986 -- Andy Warhol, Art for publicity's sake 22 February 1987 -- Jacqueline du Pré, 19 October 1987 -- Sir Frederick Ashton, Great choreographer and founder-figure of British ballet 18 August 1988 -- Laurence Olivier, Player of spellbinding power and versatility 11 July 1989 -- Sugar Ray Robinson, Supreme exponent of pugilistic skills 12 April 1989 -- Ayatollah Khomeini, Cleric who led Iran to the past 3 June 1989 -- Herbert von Karajan, Master conductor of opera, orchestra, and recordings 16 July 1989 -- Samuel Beckett, Unassuming genius who probed the quandary of human existence 22 December 1989 -- Margot Fonteyn, 21 February 1991 -- Peggy Ashcroft, 14 June 1991 -- Miles Davis, 28 September 1991 -- Robert Maxwell, 5 November 1991 -- Menachem Begin, 9 March 1992 -- Francis Bacon, 28 April 1992 -- Elizabeth David, 22 May 1992 -- Willy Brandt, 8 October 1992 -- Rudolf Nureyev, 6 January 1993 -- Richard Nixon, 22 April 1994 -- Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, 19 May 1994 -- Fred Perry, 2 February 1995 -- Harold Wilson, 24 May 1995 -- |
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Jacques Cousteau, 25 June 1997 -- Diana, Princess of Wales, 31 August 1997 -- Mother Teresa, 5 September 1997 -- Frank Sinatra, 14 May 1998 -- Iris Murdoch, 8 February 1999 -- Stanley Kubrick, 7 March 1999 -- Yehudi Menuhin, 12 March 1999 -- Sir Alf Ramsey, 28 April 1999 -- Raisa Gorbachev, 20 September 1999 -- Sir Stanley Matthews, Footballer whose ability to fox his opponents dazzled crowds for decades and earned him the game's first knighthood 23 February 2000 -- Barbara Cartland, Queen of the romantic novel and the world's bestselling author, who lived in a fluffy pink world all of her own invention 21 May 2000 -- Sir John Gielgud, Fastidious performer with a matchless voice, who stood centre stage through the whole history of modern British theatre 21 May 2000 -- Sir Alec Guinness, Versatile and self-effacing actor who turned anonymity into an art form and himself into an international star 5 August 2000 -- Don Bradman, Australian maestro whose remarkable batting achievements are unlikely to be eclipsed 25 February 2001 -- Spike Milligan, Goon, solo comic, and writer who contributed to Hitler's downfall and fascinated generations of children with his fantasy fictions 27 February 2002 -- Christiaan Barnard, Bold and skilful surgeon who carried out the world's first human heart transplant operation and relished the celebrity it brought him 2 September 2001 -- Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, 30 March 2002 -- Barbara Castle, Labour firebrand who introduced child benefit and the Breathalyser - and launched a brave but doomed attempt at trade union reform 3 May 2002 -- Alistair Cooke, The ultimate professional, whose evergreen 'Letter from America' embraced most of the key events in post-war American history 30 March 2004 -- Ronald Reagan, President of the United States whose optimism gave America new pride and whose vision brought the Cold War to an end 5 June 2004 -- Francis Crick, Biologist whose discovery of DNA in 1953 unlocked the 'secret of life' but who continued his voyage of scientific discovery 28 July 2004 -- Yassir Arafat, Palestinian leader who inspired his people's struggle for a homeland but lacked the political clout to make their dream a reality 11 November 2004 -- Pope John Paul ii, 2 April 2005. |
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| Summary |
Obituaries are about lives, not death. The lives of the exceptional individuals, from Lord Kitchener to Pope John Paul, collected in the book are first drafts of history which to a remarkable degree have stood the test of time. As these extracts show, they offer a revealing history both of the times in which they lived and of the changing Times. |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Credo Reference. |
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Obituaries.
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Obituaries. |
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Biography -- 20th century.
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Biography. |
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20th century |
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Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Brunskill, Ian.
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Credo Reference (Firm)
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Time great lives |
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Print version: 0007201699 9780007201693 (DLC) 2008353532 xiii, 690 p. : ill. |
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9781849725170 online |
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9780007201693 paperback |
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0007201699 paperback |
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