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Alexander Sandberg, OBE (1923-2008)
Mon, 29 Sep 2008 12:17:05 -0700 (PDT)
Alexander Sandberg, OBE, construction engineer, was born July 31,
1923. He died on August 1, 2008, aged 85 .He transformed Britain?s
construction industry by pioneering a method of laboratory testing
that examined the quality of materials used to build more than half of
Britain?s motorway network. His consultancy ...
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Jo?lle Godard (1956-2008)
Mon, 29 Sep 2008 10:49:46 -0700 (PDT)
Jo?lle Godard was a comparative lawyer who taught comparative criminal
procedure and French comparative law at the University of Edinburgh.
As a former President of the Franco-British Lawyers Society in
Scotland, she fostered a greater understanding of the French, Scottish
and English legal system among the lawyer ...
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Professor Tony John Chandler (1928-2008)
Mon, 29 Sep 2008 10:47:46 -0700 (PDT)
Professor Tony Chandler, geographer, was born on November 7, 1928. He
died on July 17, 2008, aged 80.
The geographer was known for his important work on the urban climate
of greater London.
His book The Climate of London remains without peer as a comprehensive
account of a city?s climate, and contains origina ...
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Sir Alfred Vincent Pease, 4th Baronet (1926-2008)
Sun, 28 Sep 2008 16:10:25 -0700 (PDT)
Sir Alfred Vincent Pease, 4th Baronet, died suddenly, 23 September,
2008, at the Nunthorpe Hall Residential Home. He was 82. He was born
2 Apr 1926, son of Sir Alfred Edward Pease, 2nd Baronet (d 1939), by
his 3rd wife, Emily (who d 1979), and succeeded to the baronetcy (cr
1882) on the demise of his half-brothe ...
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Jimmy Sirrel (1922-2008)
Sun, 28 Sep 2008 10:07:34 -0700 (PDT)
James Sirrel, footballer and football club manager; born Glasgow 2
February 1922; played for Celtic 1945-49, Bradford Park Avenue
1949-51, Brighton and Hove Albion 1951-54, Aldershot 1954-57; managed
Brentford 1967-69, Notts County 1969-75, 1977-82 and 1985-87,
Sheffield United 1975-77; married (one son, one daugh ...
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Leonard Pagliero, OBE (1913-2008)
Sun, 28 Sep 2008 10:04:25 -0700 (PDT)
Leonard Pagliero, OBE, former director of the Stationers Association
and former chairman of the Kennel Club, was born on August 22, 1913.
He died on August 8, 2008, aged 94.
Leonard Pagliero was a notable figure in two unrelated fields:
stationery and dog shows. To both he brought a formidable uprightness
of ch ...
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Steve McEwan (1960-2008)
Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:31:17 -0700 (PDT)
Steve McEwan, who died on September 15 2008, aged 48 after a road
accident, was chief executive of the Anthony Nolan Trust, the charity
that administers the world?s first bone marrow register and undertakes
research to improve the effectiveness and safety of bone marrow
transplants. When essential bone marrow is d ...
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Celia Christine Gregory (1949-2008)
Fri, 26 Sep 2008 10:50:36 -0700 (PDT)
Celia Gregory, actress, died 8 September, 2008, aged 58.
In the 1970s Celia Gregory, who has died aged 58, appeared on the
Sunday Times list of Britain's most promising actresses. During the
ensuing 20 years, her talent and dedication carried her career from
strength to strength. She appeared on the West End sta ...
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Neville Armstrong (c1914-2008)
Fri, 26 Sep 2008 10:47:38 -0700 (PDT)
Neville Armstrong, who has died aged 94, was one of the last of the
gentlemen publishers who produced books mirroring their own whims and
tastes in a form of cottage industry. In Neville's case, he published
between five and six hundred books over 40 years, covering such
subjects as flying saucers, the occult, wre ...
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Malcolm Christison Muir (1929-2008)
Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:44:49 -0700 (PDT)
Malcolm Muir , who died 2 August, 2008, aged 78, was a test pilot for
the de Havilland Aircraft Company and for Rolls-Royce; after two
serious accidents he was grounded, but went on to play an important
role in the marketing division of the Rolls-Royce engine division.
Muir joined de Havilland in 1953, on an annua ...
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