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- Thomas Malthus was born on 13 February 1766 in Surrey, England, UK. He died on 29 December 1834 in Bath, Somerset, England, UK.
- Fred Weatherley was born on 4 October 1848 in Portishead, Somerset, England, UK. Fred was a writer, known for The Surgeon's Child (1912). Fred was married to Miriam Davies Bryan. Fred died on 9 September 1929 in Bath, Somerset, England, UK.
- Rita was born on 14 June 1850 in Gollanfield, Scotland, UK. She was a writer, known for Grim Justice (1916), Sheba (1919) and My Lord Conceit (1921). She died on 1 January 1938 in Combe Down, Somerset, England, UK.
- Leonard Calvert was born on 21 July 1857 in Lambeth, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Dance of Death (1928) and Old Scrooge (1913). He died on 15 February 1940 in Bath, Somerset, England, UK.
- Horace Annesley Vachell was born on 30 October 1861 in Sydenham, London, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Her Son (1920), Quinneys (1919) and Quinneys (1927). He was married to Lydie Phillips. He died on 10 January 1955 in Bath, Somerset, England, UK.
- Director
- Actor
- Writer
Warwick Buckland, English stage performer from the 1880's, often appeared as elderly gentleman in starring and supporting roles in many drama films for the Hepworth Film Company, he first played the Inspector in 'Exceeding His Duty' directed by Lewin Fitahamon and played opposite Ruby Belasco in 1912, best remembered as Grandfather Trent in 'The Old Curiosity Shop' directed by Thomas Bentley in 1913, he was last seen as Rolf De Belfort in 'The Grip of Iron' starring George Foley and Malvina Longfellow in 1920. he also directed many short drama films between 1912-15. also a writer. Died in 1945 aged 82.- Reginald Dyer was born on 9 October 1864 in Murree, Punjab, British India. He died on 23 July 1927 in Long Ashton, Somerset, England, UK.
- Laurence Housman was born on 18 July 1865 in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England, UK. Laurence was a writer, known for Prunella (1918), Folio (1955) and Happy and Glorious (1952). Laurence died on 20 February 1959 in Glastonbury, Somerset, England, UK.
- S.A. Cookson was born on 6 September 1868 in Chorley, Lancashire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for King John (1899), Hamlet (1913) and Henry VIII (1911). He was married to Kathleen Babbage and Ada Whittall. He died on 27 February 1947 in Bridgwater, Somerset, England, UK.
- Writer
- Soundtrack
Frederick Norton was born on 11 October 1869 in Broughton, Salford, Greater Manchester, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Chu Chin Chow (1934), Chu-Chin-Chow (1923) and Let's Make a Musical (1977). He died on 15 December 1946 in Holford, Somerset, England, UK.- J.D. Beresford was born on 7 March 1873 in Castor, Cambridgeshire, England, UK. J.D. was a writer, known for Ten from the Twenties (1975) and Professional Pride (1950). J.D. died on 2 February 1947 in Bath, Somerset, England, UK.
- Vincent Clive was born on 22 June 1876 in Upper Norwood, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Called Back (1914), The Eleventh Commandment (1913) and England's Menace (1914). He died on 9 April 1943 in Wells, Somerset, England, UK.
- Writer
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Arthur Valentine was born on 26 September 1876 in West Ham, London, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Tons of Money (1926), Tons of Money (1930) and Twilight Hour (1944). He was married to Bijou Sortain Hancock. He died on 29 November 1961 in Wells, Somerset, England, UK.- Born, Maida Vale, Middlesex, London, England, 5 November 1878, sixth child and fifth daughter of Conrad Tulloch and Kate Tulloch (née Rose). When a child spoken-word performer with her sisters in musical ensemble "The Misses Tulloch", performing from early 1890s in London and on UK tours. Became stage actor, 1897, understudying Sydney Fairbrother as "Micah Dow" in J.M. Barrie's "The Little Minister" in London, 1898 and played the character on UK provincial tour, 1898. Adopted stage name "Dora Senior", 1899, first when acted with Herbert Beerbohm Tree in 1899 "King John" London stage production and in King John (1899) film. Last acting role as "Dora Senior" "Bertha" in Gerhart Hauptmann 's "The Weavers", London, May 1901. Married Clement Salaman in July 1901 and retired from professional performing. Five children. Moved with family to Somerset, England, 1909x1910. 1919, moved to Treborough Lodge, Treborough, Somerset. Known as "Dora (Clement) Salaman". Involved in Amateur Theatre, locally (Somerset), regionally (West England) and nationally (England) as actor, writer, producer and adjudicator, particularly from beginning of 1930s until her death. Published playwright, 1930 onwards. Lecturer on Drama, English Literature, Housecraft and other subjects. Also occupied in county (Somerset) affairs (Parish and District Councils, Magistracy, Women's Institute, etc.). Widowed, 10 August 1935. Member of several local wartime organisations, 1939-1945. Died 30 December 1945, Treborough Lodge. Buried, St Peter's Church, Treborough, 3 January 1946.
- Writer
- Director
- Producer
Charles McEvoy was born on 30 June 1879 in London, England, UK. He was a writer and director, known for The Man in the Shadows (1915), Sally in Our Alley (1931) and The Third Generation (1915). He was married to Marjorie Gwendolyn Notley. He died on 16 February 1929 in Somerset, England, UK.- Dora Barton was born on 2 January 1880 in Chelsea, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Dr. Wake's Patient (1916), The Answer (1916) and The Green Orchard (1916). She was married to A. Caton Woodville. She died on 13 September 1966 in Brockley, Somerset, England, UK.
- Writer
- Producer
V.H. Mottram was born on 14 March 1882 in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England, UK. V.H. was a writer and producer, known for Facts About Food: Calories (1939), Facts About Food: The Big Three (1947) and Facts About Food: Tremendous Trifles (1947). V.H. was married to Elsie King. V.H. died on 11 March 1976 in Monkton Combe, Somerset, England, UK.- Cecil Bullivant was born on 14 October 1882 in Linslade, Bedfordshire, England, UK. Cecil was a writer, known for Whose Wife? (1917), The Woman Wins (1918) and The Wife Whom God Forgot (1920). Cecil died on 3 February 1981 in Minehead, Somerset, England, UK.
- Wilfrid Caithness was born on 21 July 1883 in Paddington, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes (1935), Brandy for the Parson (1952) and Gilbert Harding Speaking of Murder (1953). He died on 19 September 1954 in Taunton, Somerset, England, UK.
- Writer
- Producer
Nellie E. Lucoque was born on 27 January 1884 in Bath, Somerset, England, UK. She was a writer and producer, known for Castles in Spain (1920), Lorna Doone (1920) and She (1916). She died on 5 June 1977 in Bath, Somerset, England, UK.- Murray Carrington was born on 13 March 1885 in Upper Norwood, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Julius Caesar (1911), In Search of a Husband (1915) and Richard III (1911). He was married to Phyllis Hughes-Garbett and Ethel McDowell (actress). He died on 2 December 1941 in Clevedon, Somerset, England, UK.
- F. Britten Austin was born on 8 May 1885 in Mile End, London, England, UK. He was a writer, known for The Last Outpost (1935), Buried Treasure (1921) and A Woman Redeemed (1927). He was married to Ethel King and Edith Abbot. He died on 12 March 1941 in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England, UK.
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Nat Ayer was born on 30 September 1887 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He is known for Wonder Woman (2017), Titanic (1997) and Reds (1981). He died on 19 September 1952 in Bath, Somerset, England, UK.- Phyllis le Grand was born on 25 November 1887 in Lamberhurst, Kent, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Moth and Rust (1921) and 'Orace (1921). She was married to Robert Michaelis. She died on 15 May 1981 in Nailsea, Somerset, England, UK.
- Harrington Gibbs was born on 7 February 1888 in Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for The Rug Maker's Daughter (1915). He was married to Dorothy Davis and Ann Josephine Green. He died on 22 September 1970 in Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA.
- Jack Ackroyd was born on 5 June 1889 in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Better 'Ole (1926), Sold at Auction! (1923) and The Isle of Lost Ships (1929). He was married to Lily [Haggas] First Wife and Florence "Flossie" Rance. He died on 16 November 1962 in Loma Vista, Ardwyn, Wellington, Somerset, England.
- Producer
- Director
- Production Manager
Herbert Wynne was born on 15 November 1889 in Battersea, London, England, UK. He was a producer and director, known for A Night of Magic (1944), A Safe Affair (1931) and The Playboy (1938). He died on 14 November 1971 in Yeovil, Somerset, England, UK.- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Bert Wynne was born on 15 November 1889 in Battersea, London, England, UK. He was an actor and director, known for The Call of the East (1922), The Manchester Man (1920) and The Town of Crooked Ways (1920). He died on 14 November 1971 in Yeovil, Somerset, England, UK.- Madoline Thomas was born on 2 January 1890 in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. She was an actress, known for No Trace (1950), How Green Was My Valley (1960) and Pride and Prejudice (1958). She was married to John W. H. Thomas. She died on 30 December 1989 in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England, UK.
- Sheila Macbeth Mitchell was born on 12 June 1890 in Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, UK. She was married to John Mitchell. She died on 15 February 1994 in Batheaston, Somerset, England, UK.
- Leonard Trollope was born on 13 March 1892 in Balham, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Magistrate (1946). He died on 2 November 1978 in Minehead, Somerset, England, UK.
- Guy Mackarness was born on 4 March 1893 in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Westward Ho! (1953). He died on 9 July 1958 in Clutton, Somerset, England, UK.
- Egbert Cadbury was born on 20 April 1893 in Birmingham, England, UK. He died on 12 January 1967 in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England, UK.
- Frederick Betty was born on 14 December 1893 in Bridgwater, Somerset, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Look, Stranger (1970). He was married to Winifred Braddick. He died on 11 March 1987 in Taunton, Somerset, England, UK.
- Vernon Bartlett was born on 30 April 1894 in Westbury, Wiltshire, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for The Wednesday Play (1964), Death at a Broadcast (1934) and Thunder in the Air (1934). He died on 18 January 1983 in Yeovil, Somerset, England, UK.
- Composer, conductor and cornetist, educated at Juilliard and the Army Bandmaster's School. In World War I, he led the 18th Infantry Band (1st Division Allied Expeditionary Force) as the youngest bandmaster in the regular army. He was awarded many medals. From 1924, he was the associate leader and cornet soloist for the US Army Band. In 1953 he was commissioned a Captain as bandleader. During World War II, he conducted the US Army Band, and was Dean of the the Army Bandmaster's School, serving overseas with the Supreme Headquarters Cond.
- Producer
- Writer
- Additional Crew
John Grierson was born on 26 April 1898 in Kilmadock, Stirlingshire, Scotland, UK. He was a producer and writer, known for Drifters (1929), Child's Play (1954) and Brandy for the Parson (1952). He was married to Margaret Grierson. He died on 19 February 1972 in Bath, Somerset, England, UK.- Harry Patch was born on 17 June 1898 in Combe Down, Bath, Somerset, England, UK. He was married to Doris, Jean and Ada Billington. He died on 25 July 2009 in Wells, Somerset, England, UK.
- Phyllis Lytton was born on 28 August 1898 in Fulham, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Not for Sale (1924), His Grace Gives Notice (1924) and The Affair at the Novelty Theatre (1924). She died on 30 June 1984 in Bath, Somerset, England, UK.
- Pauline Gilmer was born on 20 July 1899 in Barnes, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Blue Bird (1910). She died on 13 May 1993 in Ashcott, Somerset, England, UK.
- Alan Hollis was born on 25 July 1899 in Kimbolton, Cambridgeshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Vortex (1928). He died in January 1940 in Long Ashton, Somerset, England, UK.
- Cinematographer
- Director
- Producer
Germain Burger was born on 3 October 1900 in London, England, UK. He was a cinematographer and director, known for Devil's Rock (1938), Rose of Tralee (1942) and My Ain Folk (1945). He died on 7 October 1986 in Somerton, Somerset, England, UK.- Gwen Muspratt was born on 13 June 1901 in Birmingham, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Net (1962) and Crossroads (1964). She died on 24 November 1979 in Locking, Somerset, England, UK.
- Bernard Fishwick was born on 12 July 1901 in Wadebridge, Cornwall, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Johnny Frenchman (1945), The Recording Angells (1956) and Poison Island (1965). He died on 2 December 1970 in Churchill, Somerset, England, UK.
- Betty Nelson was born on 15 December 1902 in Hull, Humberside, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Good-Time Girl (1948) and Double Confession (1950). She was married to Donald B. Edwards. She died in 1988 in Yeovil, Somerset, England, UK.
- Margaret St. Barbe West was born on 14 April 1903 in Chelsea, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Softly Softly (1966), Urge to Kill (1960) and Three Men in a Boat (1956). She died on 21 June 1988 in Limington, Somerset, England, UK.
- Eric Hobbis was born on 21 May 1903 in Cardiff, Wales, UK. He was a writer, known for Westward Ho! (1953). He died on 8 June 1980 in Clevedon, Somerset, England, UK.
- Hal Osmond was born on 27 May 1903 in Southwark, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for No Trace (1950), The Vise (1954) and BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950). He died in December 1959 in Taunton, Somerset, England, UK.
- Writer
- Actor
Evelyn Waugh was an English writer from London. He had a successful career as a novelist, a biographer, a travel writer, a journalist, and a book reviewer. He is primarily remembered for the satirical novel "Decline and Fall" (1928), the autobiographical novel "A Handful of Dust" (1934), the nostalgia-themed family saga "Brideshead Revisited" (1945), and the war-themed trilogy "Sword of Honour" (1952-1961). Waugh converted to Roman Catholicism in the early 1930s, and his works after that point tended to feature Catholic characters.
In 1903, Waugh was born in West Hampstead, London. His father was the professional writer and literary critic Arthur Waugh (1866-1943). Through his father's side of the family, Waugh was a descendant of the nonconformist preacher Alexander Waugh (1754-1827). His ancestor had co-founded the London Missionary Society, an interdenominational evangelical missionary society. Waugh's known ancestry included English, Scottish, Welsh, Irish and French Huguenot people.
Waugh was home-schooled by his mother until the age of 7. In September 1910, Waugh began life as a day pupil at the Heath Mount preparatory school. By that time, he had started writing short stories as a hobby. At school, Waugh was a notorious school bully. One of his victims was Cecil Beaton, later a professional photographer who recorded his memories of Waugh's bullying. In his free time from school, Waugh wrote theatrical plays and convinced his neighborhood friends to perform them with him.
During the early years of World War I, Waugh and several of his schoolmates from Heath Mount served as messengers for the War Office. In his final year at Heath Mount, Waugh served as the editor of the school magazine "The Cynic". Waugh aspired to attend the boarding school Sherborne School, which his father had once attended. But after his older brother Alec was expelled from Sherborne due to his homosexuality, Waugh learned that the school would not even consider him as a candidate student. In 1917, Waugh instead became a student of the Lancing College, which he considered to be inferior to Sherborne.
During his time at Lancing, Waugh published an essay about Cubism in an art magazine. It was his first published work. His teacher J. F. Roxburgh (1888-1954) encouraged Waugh's aspirations for a writing career. Another teacher, Francis Crease, trained Waugh in the arts of calligraphy and decorative design. Waugh won several prized for art and literature during his student years at Lancing. He left Lancing in December 1921, after winning a scholarship to read Modern History at Hertford College, Oxford.
During his early years in Oxford, Waugh worked as a reporter for two rival student publications: "Cherwell" and "Isis". He also worked as a film reviewer "Isis". Waugh soon joined the "Hypocrites' Club" (1921-1925), a student club for heavy drinkers and homosexuals. Waugh had his first homosexual relationships with some of the club's fellow members. Waugh devoted part of his time to writing reviews and short stories for publication, part of his time to improving his skills as a graphic artist, and part of his time partying with the club members. He neglected his formal studies, and was frequently arguing with his history tutor C. R. M. F. Cruttwell (1887-1941). Their adversarial relationship turned into mutual hatred, and Waugh continued mocking Crutwell in his literary works for decades.
Waugh left Oxford in 1924, without earning a degree. He started work on a novel, and enrolled at the art school Heatherley School of Fine Art. He soon quit his studies due to boredom, and started looking for a job. In January 1925, Waugh started working as a teacher at Arnold House, a boys' preparatory school in North Wales. Used to hanging out with large groups of friends, Waugh had trouble adjusting to the social isolation of his new position.
Waugh quit his teaching job in the summer of 1925, as he was promised a secretarial job by the experienced writer C. K. Scott Moncrieff (1889-1930). Moncrief decided against hiring him, but Waugh learned this after his resignation. At about the same time, a completed novel by Waugh was rejected by a publisher. Waugh felt desperate, and he experienced a failed suicide attempt. He spend the following couple of years as a school teacher at the village of Aston Clinton in Buckinghamshire and at Notting Hill in London.
Waugh started writing commercially-published fiction in 1926. In 1927, he secured a contract to write a full-length biography of the painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1882-1882). This biography was published in April 1928, and won critical praise. His first novel "Decline and Fall" was published in September 1928, and was also met with praise and decent sales. By December 1928, the novel was in its third printing and the rights for an American reprint had already been sold. Waugh had found success in his literary career, but his personal life was still unsteady. He had a brief, failed marriage to the socialite Evelyn Gardner (1903-1994), daughter of Herbert Gardner, 1st Baron Burghclere. Gardner did not tolerate her husband's infidelities and Waugh himself filed for a divorce. The marriage had lasted less than a year.
Following his separation for his wife in 1929, Waugh had no settled home for the next eight years. Despite working steadily as a writer and journalist, he relied on the hospitality of his friends instead of buying or renting a house. His novel "Vile Bodies" (1930) , was a major commercial success. It was a rather bitter satire on the Bright Young Things, a group of Bohemian aristocrats and socialites who had grained prominence in the 1920s.
In 1930, Waugh traveled to Abyssinia as a journalist, to cover the coronation of the new emperor Haile Selassie. He subsequently traveled through the British East Africa colonies and the Belgian Congo. He recorded his travel in both a travel book and an autobiographical novel. Waugh spend the winter of 1932-1933 traveling through British Guiana and Brazil. In 1934, Waugh joined an expedition to Spitsbergen in the Arctic. He returned to Ethiopia in 1935, as a war correspondent in the Second Italo-Ethiopian War (1935-1937).
In April 1937, Waugh married his second wife Laura Herbert. She was a cousin of his first wife. As a wedding present, the couple received the country house Piers Court, located in Gloucestershire. He continued publishing new books in the late 1930s, though they primarily expressed his increasingly conservative political views. In September 1939, Waugh let his wife and young children move to Pixton Park in Somerset, the Herbert family's country seat. It was considered a safer location in wartime conditions. he was commissioned into the Royal Marines in December 1939.
Waugh's first experience of combat service in World War II was the Battle of Dakar (September 1940) in French West Africa. In November 1940, Waugh was posted to a commando unit. In May 1941, Waugh and his unit helped in the evacuation of Crete. In May 1942, Waugh was transferred to the Royal Horse Guards. In 1943, Waugh started parachute training. He fractured a fibula during an exercise, and he applied for three months' unpaid leave. He started working on the novel "Brideshead Revisited" during his recovery. Waugh's extended leave lasted until June 1944. He then served as a liaison to Partisan forces in Yugoslavia. He returned to London in March 1945.
"Brideshead Revisited" was published in May 1945, and was more popular than any of his previous works. Waugh was released by the army in September 1945. He continued traveling as a journalist in various European locations. He expressed his frustrations about postwar European travel in the novella "Scott-King's Modern Europe" (1947). In the early 1950s, he started working on war novels. He also completed the dystopian novel "Love Among the Ruins. A Romance of the Near Future" (1953), which displayed his contempt for the post-war world. He seemed to be prematurely aged at the time. By the time Waugh completed his 50th year, he was partially deaf, rheumatic, and suffering from recurring insomnia and depression. He used alcohol for self-medication.
In 1954, Waugh's doctors were concerned about his deteriorating health and advised him to travel again. He took a ship for Sri Lanka, but displayed signs of paranoia during the journey. He thought that the other passengers were whispering about him, and complained about hearing voices even when he was alone. A subsequent medical examination revealed that Waugh was suffering from bromide poisoning from his drugs regimen. When his medication was changed, his hallucinations disappeared. He recorded his experience in the autobiographical novel "The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold" (1957).
In 1955, Waugh was visited at home by an overly aggressive journalist who demanded an interview. No longer feeling safe at Piers Court, Waugh decided to sell his long-time residence. In 1956, Waugh and his family moved to the Combe Florey House in Somerset. In the late 1950s, he ceased publishing new works while working on the biography of a Catholic theologian. Due to facing money shortages, Waugh agreed to be interviewed by the BBC in 1960. It was his first interview in years, as he had been systematically avoiding journalists.
Waugh published his last major work in 1961, the war novel "Unconditional Surrender". He started work on his autobiography in 1962. Its first volume was published in 1964, under the title "A Little Learning". He changed the names of several of the individuals mentioned in the book, in order to avoid scandal. The book attracted little attention. In desperate need of funds in 1965, Waugh signed contracts to write several non-fiction books. His physical and mental deterioration prevented him from working on any of these books, and his only literal activity at the time was editing work in the combined edition of his war novels.
Waugh died of heart failure in April 1966, while attending the Easter Mass with members of his family. He was 62-years-old at the time of his death. He was buried in the churchyard of the Church of St Peter & St Paul, located in Combe Florey. A Requiem Mass in his honor was celebrated in Westminster Cathedral. His novels have received several adaptations since his death, and their popularity has endured into the 21st century.- Robert Webber was born on 2 November 1903 in Taunton, Somerset, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Six Proud Walkers (1954), Sixpenny Corner (1955) and The Six Proud Walkers (1962). He died on 21 December 1980 in Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, England, UK.