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- Stephen William Hawking was born on 8 January 1942 on Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. He was an English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, author and Director of Research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology within the University of Cambridge.
His scientific works include a collaboration with Roger Penrose on gravitational singularity theorems in the framework of general relativity and the theoretical prediction that black holes emit radiation, often called Hawking radiation. Hawking was the first to set out a theory of cosmology explained by a union of the general theory of relativity and quantum mechanics. He was a vigorous supporter of the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics.
Hawking was an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA), a lifetime member of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, and a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award in the United States. In 2002, Hawking was ranked number 25 in the BBC's poll of the 100 Greatest Britons. He was the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge between 1979 and 2009 and achieved commercial success with works of popular science in which he discusses his own theories and cosmology in general; his book "A Brief History of Time" appeared on the British Sunday Times best-seller list for a record-breaking 237 weeks.
At the release party for the home video version of A Brief History of Time (1991), Leonard Nimoy, who had played Spock on Star Trek (1966), learned that Hawking was interested in appearing on the series. Nimoy made the necessary contact, and Hawking played a holographic simulation of himself in an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) in 1993. The same year, his synthesizer voice was recorded for the song "Keep Talking" by the rock band Pink Floyd, and in 1999 for an appearance on The Simpsons (1989). Hawking also guest-starred on Futurama (1999) and The Big Bang Theory (2007).
Hawking allowed the use of his copyrighted voice in the biographical drama The Theory of Everything (2014), in which he was portrayed by Eddie Redmayne in an Academy Award-winning role. Hawking died at age 76 in his home in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, early in the morning of 14 March 2018. - Gerard Murphy was born on 14 October 1948 in Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland, UK. He was an actor, known for Waterworld (1995), Batman Begins (2005) and The Scarlet Pimpernel (1999). He died on 26 August 2013 in Histon, Cambridgeshire, England, UK.
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Almost universally considered one of the greatest cinematographers of all time, Jack Cardiff was also a notable director. He described his childhood as very happy and his parents as quite loving. They performed in music hall as comedians, so he grew up with the fun that came with their theatrical life in pantomime and vaudeville. His father once worked with Charles Chaplin. His parents did occasional film appearances, and young Jack appeared in some of their films, such as My Son, My Son (1918), at the age of four. He had the lead in Billy's Rose (1922) with his parents playing his character's parents in the film. Jack was a production runner, or what he would call a "general gopher", for The Informer (1929) in which his father appeared. For one scene he was asked by the first assistant cameraman to "follow focus", which he said was his first real brush with photography of any kind, but he claimed that it was the lure of travel that led to him joining a camera department making films in a studio. He had, however, become impressed with the use of light and color in paintings by the age of seven or eight, and described how he watched art directors in theaters painting backdrops setting lights. His friend Ted Moore was also a camera assistant in this period when both worked in a camera department run by Freddie Young, who would also become a legendary cinematographer. He worked for Alfred Hitchcock during the filming of The Skin Game (1931).
By 1936 Cardiff had risen to being a camera operator at Denham Studios when the Technicolor Company hired him on the basis of what he told them in interview about the use of light by master painters. This led to his operating camera for the first Technicolor film shot in Britain, Wings of the Morning (1937). He finally was offered the full position of director of photography by Michael Powell for A Matter of Life and Death (1946), ironically working in B&W for the first time in some sequences. His next assignment was on Black Narcissus (1947), where he acknowledged the influence of painters Vermeer and Caravaggio and their use of shadow. He won the Academy Award for best color cinematography for this film. Jack certainly got to travel when it was decided to shoot The African Queen (1951) on location in the Congo. Errol Flynn offered Jack the chance to direct The Story of William Tell (1953) that would star Flynn. It would have been the second film made in CinemaScope had it been completed, but the production ran out of money part way through filming in Switzerland.
It has been said that Marilyn Monroe requested that Jack photograph The Prince and the Showgirl (1957). Although he had already directed some small productions, he had a critical breakthrough with Sons and Lovers (1960). He continued directing other films through the 1960s, including the commercial hit Dark of the Sun (1968), but for the most part returned to working for other directors as a very sought-after cinematographer in the 1970s and beyond. He continued to work into the new century, almost until his death. He was made an OBE in 2000 and received a lifetime achievement award at the 73rd Academy Awards.- Composer
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Syd Barrett was born on 6 January 1946 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK. He was a composer and actor, known for Doctor Strange (2016), Mysterious Skin (2004) and The X-Files (1993). He died on 7 July 2006 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK.- Barbara Young was born on 9 February 1931 in Brighouse, Yorkshire, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Good Companions (1980), Crime and Punishment (1979) and Coronation Street (1960). She was married to Jack Pulman. She died on 27 April 2023 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK.
- Actor
- Writer
Bert Parnaby was born on 4 March 1924 in Guisborough, North Yorkshire, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for Blackadder (1982), First Among Equals (1986) and The Bretts (1987). He died on 30 July 1992 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK.- Neal Arden was born on 27 December 1909 in Fulham, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Life of St. Paul (1938), The Best House in London (1969) and Department S (1969). He was married to Julia Byfield and Dorothy Brown. He died on 4 June 2014 in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, England, UK.
- Caroline Johnston Orzabal was born on 4 October 1962. She was an actress, known for Tears for Fears: Sowing the Seeds of Love (1989). She died on 24 July 2017 in Cambridgeshire, England, UK.
- Writer
- Script and Continuity Department
Eric Paice was born on 13 November 1926 in Pevensey, East Sussex, England, UK. He was a writer, known for The Avengers (1961), Strike It Rich! (1986) and The Outsiders (1976). He died on 6 July 1989 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK.- Kay Callard was born on 10 November 1923 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She was an actress, known for White Hunter (1957), Knight Errant Limited (1959) and The Mailbag Robbery (1957). She was married to Jack McNaughton and Wayne Alton Drewry. She died on 7 March 2008 in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England, UK.
- Eric Longworth was born on 20 July 1918 in Shaw, near Oldham, Lancashire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Big Spender (1965), The Theban Plays by Sophocles (1986) and The First Lady (1968). He was married to Dorothy Hirst. He died on 20 August 2008 in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England, UK.
- Bob Mason was born on 29 July 1951 in Rochdale, Lancashire, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for The Emperor's New Clothes (2001), Coronation Street (1960) and Guest House Paradiso (1999). He was married to Janet Heppell. He died on 21 September 2004 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK.
- Editor
- Sound Department
- Editorial Department
Gerry Hambling was born on 14 June 1926 in Croydon, Surrey, England, UK. He was an editor, known for Mississippi Burning (1988), Midnight Express (1978) and Evita (1996). He was married to Margaret Speakman. He died on 5 February 2013 in Burwell, Cambridgeshire, England, UK.- John Atkinson was born on 7 October 1921 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Avengers (1961), Barnaby Rudge (1960) and The Devil's Crown (1978). He died on 12 May 2007 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK.
- Actor
- Composer
- Soundtrack
Lonnie Donegan was born on 29 April 1931 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. He was an actor and composer, known for We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011), Pawn Shop Chronicles (2013) and Agnes Browne (1999). He was married to Sharon Donegan, Maureen Donegan and Jill Westlake. He died on 3 November 2002 in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England, UK.- Writer
- Actor
- Producer
While at Cambridge, Clive began a fruitful songwriting partnership with Pete Atkin. With Clive's lyrics and Pete's vocals and musical settings, they released six critically-acclaimed but commercially unsuccessful albums in the early 70s before Pete moved on to audio production at the BBC. Clive toured with Pete in a words and music show promoting the final album. They have recently re-united on stage and in the studio for more of their trademark songs, which have been described as "somewhere between The Kinks and Steely Dan" (quote from NY Times).- Peter Schofield was born on 29 July 1928 in Chorley, Lancashire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Emmerdale Farm (1972), Airline (1982) and The Georgian House (1976). He was married to Jean Lockhart. He died on 29 July 2003 in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, England, UK.
- Actor
- Writer
Michael Burrell was born in 1936. He was an actor and writer, known for Hess (1986), Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982) and Red Dwarf (1988). He died on 28 June 2014 in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England, UK.- Christie Humphrey was born on 20 March 1925 in South Africa. She was an actress, known for Armchair Theatre (1956), BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950) and The Quatermass Experiment (1953). She died on 18 May 2010 in Ely, Cambridgeshire, England, UK.
- Betty Baskcomb was born on 30 May 1914 in St. John's Wood, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Detective (1954), Armchair Theatre (1956) and It Always Rains on Sunday (1947). She was married to Antony R J Lehmann. She died on 15 April 2003 in West Wratting, Cambridgeshire, England, UK.
- Ronnie Knight was born on 20 January 1934 in Hoxton, London, England, UK. He was married to Sue Haylock, Barbara Windsor and Elizabeth White. He died on 12 June 2023 in Cambridgeshire, England, UK.
- Writer
- Script and Continuity Department
Malcolm Hulke was born on 21 November 1924 in London, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Doctor Who (1963), The Avengers (1961) and Secret Agent (1964). He died on 6 June 1979 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK.- Art Department
George Malin was born in 1936 in Pancras, London, England, UK. He is known for Lifeforce (1985), Local Hero (1983) and Another Life (2001). He died in 2018 in St Neotts, Cambridgeshire, England, UK.- Director
- Producer
- Writer
Frank Cvitanovich was born on 14 August 1927 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Frank was a director and producer, known for The First Kangaroos (1988), TV Operas (1993) and Murphy's Stroke (1980). Frank was married to Valerie Wade, Janet Street-Porter, Alison Seebohm and Midge Mackenzie. Frank died on 12 August 1995 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK.- Michael J. Bird was born on 31 October 1928 in London, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Journey to the Unknown (1968), Special Branch (1969) and Secret Agent (1964). He was married to Olive ?. He died on 11 May 2001 in Great Shelford, Cambridgeshire, England, UK.
- Albert Welch was born on 4 May 1914 in Strood, Kent, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Meaning of Life (1983), Charters & Caldicott (1985) and A Chance to Sit Down (1981). He was married to Michaela Welch. He died in May 1997 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK.
- Jean Lockhart was born on 25 June 1916 in Swansea, Wales, UK. She was an actress, known for Coronation Street (1960), Tom Grattan's War (1968) and Castle Haven (1969). She was married to Peter Schofield and William Richard Eastham. She died on 14 June 1987 in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England, UK.
- Actor
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Edmund Hockridge was born on 9 August 1919 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He was an actor, known for Game of Danger (1954), King's Rhapsody (1955) and Variety Makers (1948). He was married to Jackie Jefferson and Eileen Elliott. He died on 15 March 2009 in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England, UK.- Cinematographer
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Arthur Lavis was born on 14 June 1924 in Plymouth, Devon, England, UK. He was a cinematographer, known for Journey to the Unknown (1968), Night Train to Paris (1964) and The Woman Who Wouldn't Die (1965). He died on 15 January 1999 in Ely Cambridgeshire, England, UK.- Reginald Birks was born on 23 April 1915 in Wortley, South Yorkshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950). He died on 23 November 2002 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK.
- Max Clifford was born on 6 April 1943 in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, England, UK. He was an actor, known for When Will I Be Famous (2007), Heaven Knows (1997) and The Rolling Stones: Havana Moon (2016). He was married to Jo Westwood and Liz Clifford. He died on 10 December 2017 in Cambridgeshire, England, UK.
- Jack McNaughton was born on 22 December 1905 in Mitcham, Surrey, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Pickwick Papers (1952), Badger's Green (1949) and Cheer the Brave (1951). He was married to Kay Callard. He died on 22 February 1990 in Cambridgeshire, England, UK.
- Editor
- Editorial Department
- Producer
Frederick Wilson was born on 13 August 1912 in London, England, UK. He was an editor and producer, known for Arabesque (1966), Floodtide (1949) and The Quiller Memorandum (1966). He died in August 1994 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK.- Writer
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English poet and scholar. He was the eldest of seven children born to Edward Housman, a solicitor, and Sarah Jane Housman (née Williams). Housman was brought up and educated in Worcestershire, winning a scholarship to Bromsgrove School in 1870. In 1877 he won another scholarship, to St. John's College, Oxford, where he studied classics. In his first Public Examination in 1879, he gained first-class honours. However, he failed his second Public Examination in 1881, partly through neglecting the study of philosophy and history, towards which the course was geared, in favour of the poetry and textual criticism in which he was interested. Consequently he left Oxford without a degree. In 1882 he began working at the Patent Office as a clerk. During this period he began publishing articles on Latin and Greek poetry, and by 1892, when he applied for the post of Professor of Latin at University College London, he had twenty-five published articles to his name. While teaching at UCL he published an edition of Ovid 's `Ibis' (in 1894). This was followed by editions of works by Manilius (1903-30, in five volumes), Juvenal (1905) and Lucan (1926). In 1911 he was made Benjamin Hall Kennedy Professor of Latin at Cambridge, where he taught until a few days before his death. He refused all the honours and awards offered him, including six honorary degrees from British universities and (in 1929) the Order of Merit. He did however accept the fellowship of St. John's College, Oxford.
Housman's first volume of poetry, 'A Shropshire Lad', was published in 1896. Although sales were initially slow, by the time his second volume, 'Last Poems', was published in 1922 it had achieved the status of a modern classic and Housman had become something of a literary celebrity, a position with which he was less than entirely comfortable. His poems are frequently concise, often suggesting the rhythms of traditional ballads. Frequently they evoke the English countryside, specifically that of Housman's native West Midlands. His subject-matter is often melancholy: recurring themes include unrequited love and the death of young men (in war, by suicide, or by hanging). A supplementary volume, 'More Poems', was published in 1936 shortly after his death, edited by his brother Laurence. The following year Laurence published a biography including eighteen further poems. Among these were poems too explicit or personal to be published during his lifetime, e.g. 'Oh who is that young sinner with the handcuffs on his wrists' (about the imprisonment of Oscar Wilde). At Oxford Housman had fallen in love with a fellow undergraduate, Moses Jackson. Jackson did not reciprocate his affection and may not even have been aware of it. He was already working at the Patent Office when Housman applied for a job there, and from 1882 to 1887 Housman lived with Jackson and his brother in lodgings in Bayswater. However, in 1887 Moses left the country for India, returning briefly two years later to marry. Thereafter his contact with Housman was minimal. 'A Shropshire Lad' was dedicated to him, as was the first volume of Housman's edition of Manilius. Housman's avowed atheism is expressed in such poems as 'Epitaph on an Army of Mercenaries' and 'Easter Hymn'. However, he also described the Church of England as 'the best religion I have ever come across', and much of his poetry echoes the language of the Book of Common Prayer and the King James Bible. Perhaps his most religious work (superficially at least) is 'For My Funeral'. This was sung as a hymn at his funeral, and recited on 17 September 1996, when a memorial was dedicated to Housman in Poet's Corner, Westminster Abbey.- Composer
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Alan Rawsthorne was born on 2 May 1905 in Haslingden, Lancashire, England, UK. He was a composer, known for Floods of Fear (1958), The Inheritance (1947) and Pandora and the Flying Dutchman (1951). He was married to Isabel Nicholas and Jessie Hinchcliffe. He died on 24 July 1971 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK.- Frederick Sanger was born on 13 August 1918 in Rendcomb, Gloucestershire, England, UK. He was married to Margaret Joan Howe. He died on 19 November 2013 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK.
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David Gill was born on 9 June 1928 in Territory of New Guinea [now Papua New Guinea]. He was a producer and director, known for American Masters (1985), Unknown Chaplin (1983) and Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow (1987). He was married to Pauline Wadsworth. He died on 28 September 1997 in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, England, UK.- Actor
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- Soundtrack
Pete Sayers was born on 6 November 1942 in Bath, Somerset, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The American Way (1986), The Story of English (1986) and Country Hoedown (1974). He died on 11 February 2005 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK.- Music Department
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- Actor
Dennis Wilson was born on 16 February 1920 in Leicester, Leicestershire, England, UK. He was a composer and actor, known for Harry Worth (1966), That's My Boy (1981) and Meet the Wife (1963). He died on 15 July 1989 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK.- Christopher Rowan Robinson was born in 1915 in Woolwich, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Fame of Grace Darling (1939), Behind the Schemes (1939) and Money for Jam (1939). He died on 17 June 2011 in Ely, Cambridgeshire, England, UK.
- Tony Cornell was born in 1923 in Cambridgeshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Ghosts (1994), Unsolved Mysteries (1987) and Mysterious Britain (1997). He was married to Alison P Pearson, Gertraud J K R Cornell and Diana Mary Wagstaff. He died on 10 April 2010 in Cambridgeshire, England, UK.
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Gitta Sereny was born on 13 March 1921 in Vienna, Austria. She is known for Channel 4 News (1982), The Tramp and the Dictator (2002) and Reputations (1994). She was married to Don Honeyman. She died on 14 June 2012 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK.- Ludwig Wittgenstein was born on 26 April 1889 in Vienna, Austria. He was a writer, known for The Year of Living Locked Up (2020), M.A. Numminen Sings Wittgenstein (1994) and As from Afar (2013). He died on 29 April 1951 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK.
- Coco the Clown was born on 5 October 1900 in the Russian Empire. He died on 25 September 1974 in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England, UK.
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Malcolm Williamson was born on 21 November 1931 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He was a composer and writer, known for The Matrix Reloaded (2003), Watership Down (1978) and Nothing But the Night (1973). He was married to Dolores Daniel. He died on 2 March 2003 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK.- Actress
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Barbara Nixon was born on 16 February 1907 in Churchdown, Gloucestershire, England, UK. She was an actress and writer, known for Tons of Money (1947), O Mistress Mine (1939) and Fiat Justitia (1939). She died on 5 June 1983 in Fulbourn, Cambridgeshire, England, UK.- Production Manager
- Producer
Robert Clark was born on 26 July 1905 in Paisley, Scotland, UK. He was a production manager and producer, known for The Good Companions (1957), The Moonraker (1958) and The Dam Busters (1955). He died on 25 November 1984 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK.- Don Wortham was born on 23 May 1923 in Hendon, Middlesex, England, UK. He is known for Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980), Batman (1989) and Labyrinth (1986). He was married to Beatrice Amelia Mitchell. He died on 23 February 2007 in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England, UK.
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- Editorial Department
- Editor
Jim Sibley was born in 1933 in Eton, Buckinghamshire, England, UK. He was an editor, known for Gideon C.I.D. (1964), The Human Jungle (1963) and The Champions (1968). He was married to Olive Magill and Diane Goodger. He died on 24 August 2005 in Chatteris, Cambridgeshire, England, UK.- Norman Cohn was born on 12 January 1915 in Dulwich, London, England, UK. He was married to Marina Voikhanskaya and Vera Markovna Broido. He died on 31 July 2007 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK.