Atha, Bernard Peter
in Who's Who
P ublished online December 2007 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Media Studies; Performing Arts; Education; Hobbies, Games, Arts and Crafts; Sports and Outdoor Recreation; Law; Criminology and Criminal Justice; Architecture; Art. 322 words.
CBE 2007 (OBE 1991)
Born 27 Aug. 1928; s of Horace Michael Atha and Mary Quinlan; unmarried
Principal Lecturer in Business Studies, Huddersfield Technical...
Avery, Samuel Putnam
in American National Biography Online
January 1999; p ublished online February 2000 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Education; Museums, Libraries, and Information Sciences; Financial Aspects of Art. 998 words.
Avery, Samuel Putnam (17 March 1822–11 August 1904), wood engraver, art dealer, and rare book and print collector, was born in New York City, the son of Samuel Avery and Hannah Parke. His...
Ayres, Gillian
in Who's Who
P ublished online December 2007 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Education; Architecture; Art. 199 words.
CBE 2011 (OBE 1986); RA
Born 3 Feb. 1930; d of Stephen and Florence Ayres; m Henry Mundy (marr. diss.); two s
painter, artist
St Paul’s...
Ayres, Ian Leslie
in Who's Who
P ublished online December 2007 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Medicine and Health; Education; Law; Criminology and Criminal Justice; Architecture; Art. 149 words.
Born 14 Nov. 1954; s of Dennis Albert Walter Ayres and Patience Ayres; m 1980, Catherine Tucker; two s one d
Chief Officer, NHS West Kent Clinical...
Ayrton, Norman Walter
in Who's Who
P ublished online December 2007 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Media Studies; Performing Arts; Education; Architecture; Art. 312 words.
Born London, 25 Sept. 1924; died 22 June 2017
international theatre and opera director; Dean, British American Drama Academy, London, 1986–96
Backhouse, Janet Moira (1938–2004), scholar and curator of manuscripts
in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
March 2009; p ublished online January 2008 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Education; Museums, Libraries, and Information Sciences; Conservation, Restoration, and Care of Artworks. 909 words.
Backhouse, Janet Moira (1938–2004), scholar and curator of manuscripts, was born on 8 February 1938 at Marley, 90 Pickwick Road, Corsham, Wiltshire, the daughter of Joseph Holme Backhouse,...
Bailey, Dennis
in Who's Who
P ublished online December 2007 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Education; Business Finance; Architecture; Art. 255 words.
RDI 1980; ARCA
Born 20 Jan. 1931; s of Leonard Charles Bailey and Ethel Louise Funnell; m 1985, Nicola Anne Roberts; one s one d...
Bales, Peter (bap. 1547, d. 1610?), writing-master and calligrapher
in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
September 2004; p ublished online September 2004 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Graphic Design and Typography; Education. 1417 words.
Bales, Peter (bap. 1547, d. 1610
Ball, Dr Harold William
in Who's Who
P ublished online December 2007 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Politics; Science and Mathematics; Education; Architecture; Art. 140 words.
Born 11 July 1926; s of Harold Ball and Florence (née Harris); m 1955, Patricia Mary (née Silvester); two s two d
Keeper of Palæontology, British Museum...
Balsom, Alison Louise
in Who's Who
P ublished online December 2007 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Education; Music; Architecture; Art. 204 words.
OBE 2016
Born 7 Oct. 1978; d of William and Zena Balsom
classical trumpet soloist, since 2001; Professor of Trumpet, Guildhall School of Music and Drama,...
