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It is 97 years today since Robert Ludlum was born.
The American thriller writer, theatre producer and actor Robert Ludlum were born in New York, but his family moved to New Jersey when he was just a baby and it was there he grew up. His father was a business man and the young son received an education at private schools across Connecticut: Rectory School in Pomfret, Kent School in Kent, Chesire Academy in Chesire and Wesleyan University in...
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Wordsworth, William
1770 - 1850
The English poet William Wordsworth was born in Cumberland as the son of a lawyer, but lost his parents at an early age. He...
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Runcie, James
1959 -
James Robert Runcie is an author, documentary film maker, television producer and playwright. He was born in Cambridge and...
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Blok, Aleksandr
1880 - 1921
Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Blok is one of the great masters of Russian symbolism. He combined the early Russian literary...
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Murdoch, Iris
1919 - 1999
The British author and philosopher Jean Iris Murdoch was of both English and Irish stock. She was born in Dublin to...
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