marsh
Overview page. Subjects: Biological Sciences.
A more or less permanently wet area of mineral soil (as opposed to a peaty area), typically found around the edges of a lake or on an undrained river flood-plain. Colloquially, ‘marsh’ is...
Jewel, Jimmy [real name James Arthur Thomas Marsh] (1909–1995), comedian and actor
in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
September 2004; p ublished online September 2004 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Theatre; Performing Arts; Radio; Film; Television. 1297 words.
Jewel, Jimmy [real name James Arthur Thomas Marsh] (1909–1995), comedian and actor, was born on 4 December 1909 at 52 Andover Street, Pittsmoor, Sheffield, the younger child of James...