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It is 152 years today since Bertrand Russell was born.
The British philosopher and author Bertrand Arthur William Russel was born in Trelleck, Monmouthshire, Wales, to an aristocratic family that included the former Prime Minister Lord John Russell. His parents were liberal and advocated, among other things, the emancipation of women. Although his godfather was John Stuart Mill, the boy was brought up by his Presbyterian grandmother after he was...
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It is 80 years today since W.G. Sebald was born.
Winfried Georg (W.G.) Sebald was born near the end of the Second World War in the Bavarian mountain village of Wertach where his mother had moved to get away from the bombing of the town of Bamberg. His parents, Rosa and Georg, had three children. His father, an officer of the Wehrmacht who had participated in the invasion of Poland, was a prisoner of war until 1947, but mentioning the war was...
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Boyd, William
1952 -
The British author William Boyd was born in Accra, Ghana. His father, a doctor, and his mother, a teacher, moved to The...
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Powell, Richard
1908 - 1999
Richard Powell was an author, journalist and advertising man born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he lived most of his...
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Armstrong, Charlotte
1905 - 1969
Charlotte Armstrong was an American author born in Vulcan, Michigan. She attended the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and...
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Cleave, Chris
1973 -
The British writer and journalist Chris Cleave was born in London. Apart from a few years in Cameroon, West Africa, in the...
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