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- Nicola Francesco Haym was born on 6 July 1678 in Rome, Papal State [now Lazio, Italy]. Nicola Francesco was a writer, known for The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (2006), Prestige de la musique (1963) and Tamerlano de Haendel (2015). Nicola Francesco was married to Joanna Maria. Nicola Francesco died on 31 July 1729 in London, England, UK.
- Ernst Wilhelm Ritter von Brücke (6 July 1819 - 7 January 1892) was a German physician and physiologist. He is credited with contributions made in many facets of physiology. He graduated in medicine at the University of Berlin in 1842, and during the following year, he became a research assistant to Johannes Peter Müller. In 1845 he founded the Physikalische Gesellschaft (Physical Society) in Berlin, together with Emil Du Bois-Reymond, Hermann von Helmholtz and others, in the house of physicist Heinrich Gustav Magnus. Later on, this became known as the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft (German Society of Physics). In 1846, Brücke was elected teacher of anatomy in the Akademie der Bildenden Künste, in Berlin. Following that, in 1848 he was appointed as professor of physiology at the University of Königsberg, replacing Karl Friedrich Burdach (1776-1847). In 1849 he acquired similar duties at the University of Vienna. In 1873, Emperor Franz Joseph I honored Brücke with a noble title-von Brücke-but he rarely used it.
- John Downer was born on 6 July 1843 in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. He was previously married to Una Stella Haslingden Russell and Elizabeth Henderson.
- Jakob Aljaz was born on 6 July 1845 in Zavrh pod Smarno Goro, Slovenia. Jakob was a composer, known for Laibach z gosti: Oj, Triglav, moj dom (Planica 2023) (2023) and Laibach featuring Severa Gjurin, Boris Benko & Tomi Meglic: O, Triglav, moj dom (2023). Jakob died on 4 May 1927 in Dovje, Slovenia.
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- Soundtrack
Bernhard Buchbinder was born on 6 July 1854 in Budapest, Hungary. He was a writer, known for Die Försterchristl (1952), On a jeho sestra (1931) and Versuchen Sie meine Schwester (1931). He died in June 1922 in Vienna, Austria.- Swedish poet and novelist Verner von Heidenstam was born in Orebro, Sweden, in 1859. His family came from a long line of Swedish nobility, and had a tradition of service in the country's diplomatic corps and military. As a child he was rather sickly and in poor health, and spent much time reading, his favorite subjects being poetry and epic, heroic tales. He began his higher education in Stockholm, but his ongoing health problems forced him to leave school in 1876, and he left Sweden for warmer climes to recuperate. He stayed away for eight yeas, traveling to France, Italy, Germany and Asia. In 1881 he traveled to Paris, France, and studied art at the prestigious Ecole des Beaux Arts. He had married a Swiss girl, much to the disapproval of his family, in 1880 and he and his family were estranged for the next seven years, until they reunited at his father's deathbed in 1887.
He published his first collection of poems, "Pilgrimage: The WanderYears", in 1888. It included some works about his travels in the Orient--a subject which was to infuse a lot of his work--and in 1889 he turned out a novel, "Endymion", which also recounted his experiences traveling in Asia. In 1893 his wife died, and in 1896 he remarried again, but the marriage didn't last long and ended in divorce. In 1899 he was elected to the distinguished Gotenburg Academy of Sciences and Letters, and in that same year he married for the third time, to a woman almost 20 years younger than he. He bought an estate in the Swedish countryside, and not long afterward began publishing a string of novels about his favorite childhood subject, epic tales of heroism and bravery, this time based on ancient Swedish and Scandinavian history. In 1915 he won the Nobel Prize for Literature for his novel "Nya Dikter".
He died in Stockholm, Sweden, aged 80, on May 20, 1940. - Eleanor Talbot Kinkead was born on 6 July 1860 in Kentucky, USA. Eleanor Talbot was a writer, known for Captain of His Soul (1918), The Price of a Ruby (1914) and The Lost Sermon (1914). Eleanor Talbot died on 22 November 1950 in Lexington, Kentucky, USA.
- Joe Keaton and wife Myra were grade-Z vaudeville performers in the early 1900s. Their son Buster joined the act when he was only a few months old. The act was a rough-and-tumble one, with Buster being thrown around on stage most of the time. As the years went by, Joe Keaton became an alcoholic, which forced Buster to quit the act by the time he was a teenager. However, after he hit it big in silent film, Buster provided Joe with small parts in several movies. Myra and Joe split up long after Buster had become an adult. She'd had it with the constant verbal and physical abuse Joe put her through. He lived alone in a Hollywood hotel for many years and was said to have stopped drinking after becoming a Christian Scientist. Buster said Joe died as a result of being run over by a passing car.
- Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom was born on 6 July 1868 in London, England, UK. She died on 3 December 1935 in Iver, Buckinghamshire, England, UK.
- John Hyams was born on 6 July 1869 in Syracuse, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Women Won't Tell (1932), Cameo Kirby (1930) and Broadway Scandals (1929). He was married to Leila McIntyre. He died on 9 December 1940 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Evelyn Selbie was born on 6 July 1871 in Ohio, USA. She was an actress, known for The Silver Treasure (1926), Dangerous Paradise (1930) and The Prisoner's Story (1912). She died on 7 December 1950 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.
- John C. Greenway was born on 6 July 1872 in Huntsville, Alabama, USA. He died on 19 January 1926 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Additional Crew
Ed Brewer was born on 6 July 1872 in Minnesota, USA. He is known for The Immigrant (1917), The Vagabond (1916) and The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln (1924). He died on 26 February 1950 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- John Philliber was born on 6 July 1873 in Elkhart, Indiana, USA. He was an actor, known for Double Indemnity (1944), It Happened Tomorrow (1944) and A Lady Takes a Chance (1943). He was married to Fredalena Kline. He died on 6 November 1944 in Elkhart, Indiana, USA.
- Writer
- Additional Crew
Wyndham Martin was born on 6 July 1874 in London, England, UK. He was a writer, known for The Star Reporter (1921), Dangerous Pastime (1922) and The Price of Youth (1922). He was married to Amy Elizabeth Stanley. He died on 15 March 1963 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- May Blaney was born on 6 July 1875 in England, UK. She was an actress, known for His Choice (1913) and The Old Wood Carver (1913). She died on 10 February 1953 in Wepener, Orange Free State, South Africa.
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Songwriter ("Sunbonnet Sue", "School Days", "Waltz Me Around Again Willie"), and author, educated at Girard College. He was a department-store salesman before becoming a songwriter. Joining ASCAP in 1927, his chief musical collaborator was Gus Edwards. His other popular-song compositions include "Yip-I-Addy-I-Ay", "The Little Red School House", "I Can't Tell Why I Love You But I Do", "Goodbye Little Girl, Goodbye", "I Just Can't Make My Eyes Behave", "Goodbye Dolly Gray", "I'll Be With You When the Roses Bloom Again", "Way Down Yonder in the Cornfield", "In Zanzibar", "If a Girl Like You Loved a Boy Like Me", and "Laddie Boy".- Erich von Ritzau was born on 6 July 1877 in Copenhagen, Denmark. He was an actor, known for Intolerance (1916), The Wayward Son (1915) and A Bold Impersonation (1915). He was married to Clara Flemming and Elizabeth Pauling. He died on 28 February 1936 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Niceto Alcalá Zamora was born on 6 July 1877 in Priego, Spain. He died on 18 February 1949 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- Annabelle Moore was born Annabelle Theresa Whitford on July 6, 1878 in Chicago, Illinois. Her father passed away shortly after she was born and her mother remarried. At the age of fifteen Annabelle made her dancing debut at the World's Columbian Expedition in Chicago. Then she moved to New York City and started making movies at Edison Studios. Between 1894 and 1897 Annabelle made ten short films including Serpentine Dance, Flag Dance, and Butterfly Dance. She was paid just $15 a day. Her sexy dancing made her very popular and it was said she introduced eroticism in film. During this time she also modeled for artists like Charles Dana Gibson. She made headlines in 1897 when she refused an offer to dance nude at a bachelor party. Annabelle was engaged to a Baron from Austria and to Henry Bissing, head of the Bissing Electric Company. In 1900 she made her Broadway debut in The Sprightly Romance Of Marsac.
She also appeared in the shows A Venetian Romance and The Belle Of Mayfair (she was now billed as Annabelle Whitford). While performing at Chicago's Iroquois Theater in 1903 a fire broke out that killed six hundred people. Florenz Ziegfeld cast her as the Gibson Girl in the 1907 Ziegfeld Follies. She remained with the Follies for two more years earning more than $750 a week. Annabelle married Dr. Edward Buchan, a surgeon, in 1910. Soon after she decided to retire from show business. She and her husband moved back to her hometown of Chicago. The couple remained out of the spotlight until 1957 when newspapers reported that they were broke and living in an unheated apartment. Edward died in 1958 at the age of seventy-seven. Annabelle, who was now an invalid, spent the next few years living on assistance. On November 29, 1961 she died at the age of eighty-three. She was cremated and her ashes were given to a family friend. - Ulrich Graf was born on 6 July 1878 in Bachhagel, Kingdom of Bavaria, German Empire [now in Bavaria, Germany]. He died on 3 March 1950.
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- Additional Crew
- Soundtrack
Eino Leino was born on 6 July 1878 in Paltamo, Finland. He was a writer, known for Simo Hurtta (1940), Kesä (1915) and The Rise and Fall of a Friendship (2012). He was married to Hanna Laitinen, Aino Kajanus and Thyra Freya Franzena Schoultz. He died on 10 January 1926 in Tuusula, Finland.- Aranka Forgácsné Krasznay was born on 6 July 1879 in Németkeresztúr, Austria-Hungary [now Deutschkreutz, Austria]. She is known for A könnyelmü asszony (1917), Az attak (1914) and Érdekházasság (1921).
- Additional Crew
Henry J. Mandly was born on 6 July 1879.- Producer
- Additional Crew
Harry Raver was born on 6 July 1880 in Ohio, USA. He was a producer, known for Sophy of Kravonia; or, the Virgin of Paris (1920), The Jungle (1914) and Public Defender (1917). He died on 14 September 1941 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- George Spaulding was born on 6 July 1881 in Boulder, Colorado, USA. He was an actor, known for The Accused (1949), The Hostage (1917) and Meet Me at the Fair (1953). He was married to Geraldine Wood. He died on 23 August 1959 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Ralph Morgan was born on 6 July 1883 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Strange Interlude (1932), Rasputin and the Empress (1932) and The Power and the Glory (1933). He was married to Grace Arnold. He died on 11 June 1956 in New York City, New York, USA.- Godfrey Huggins was born on 6 July 1883 in Bexley, Kent, England, UK. He was married to Blanche Elizabeth Slatter. He died on 8 May 1971 in Salisbury, Rhodesia.
- Pyotr Leontyev was born on 6 July 1883. He was an actor, known for Stepan Razin (1939), Dolina slyoz (1924) and Banda batki Knysha (1924). He died on 22 October 1951 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].
- Alberto Collo was born on 6 July 1883 in Piobesi, Turin, Italy. He was an actor, known for Camille (1915), Guglielmo Oberdan, il martire di Trieste (1915) and The Woman Who Dared (1914). He died on 7 May 1955 in Turin, Italy.
- Zé da Caninha was born on 6 July 1883 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was an actor, known for Eu Quero é Movimento (1949). He died on 16 June 1961 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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- Director
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Carl Leviness is a perfect example of somebody who appeared as an extra in films because they loved doing so. The distinguished looking Leviness started appearing in stage productions in the early 1900s. He eventually got a job at the Thanhouser Company as an actor in many of its' silent films in what was the start of a long colorful career.
By the early 1910s, Leviness became an assistant director for some of the films produced by Thanhouser. Like many people in their job, Leviness wanted to move up the ladder and he eventually left the company to go to get work as a director in early films. Eventually companies wanted to get away from Thomas Edison and his desire to corner the market on films and to own everybody's work so they all migrated to California.
Leviness was never too comfortable with dialog and while his appearance was ideal for socialite sequences, Livess was only in his 40s when he started appearing in film. Whether then fight the daily grind of trying to get a speaking role in films, Leviness drifted into the background and appeared in various productions.
Heavily admired by his peers, directors like John Ford and Alfred Hitchcock regularly put Leviness and other old timers to work in their productions. Ford respected him so much that he usually put him in little roles that required a small bit of dialog or for the actor to be ungraded to a silent bit. He eventually retired shortly before his death but not before leaving a reputation of being loved and respected by everybody who worked with him.- Les Warton was born on 6 July 1885 in Sydney, Australia. He was an actor, known for Mr. Chedworth Steps Out (1939), Thoroughbred (1936) and The Squatter's Daughter (1933). He died in 1943 in Australia.
- Aleksandr Tairov was born Aleksandr Yakovlevich Korenblit on July 6, 1885, in Berdichev, Ukraine, Russian Empire. His father, named Yakov Korenblit, was the headmaster of primary school in Berdichev. At the age of 10 he moved to Kiev and settled with his aunt, a retired actress. She introduced him to theatre. He took part in amateur performances and assumed the name Tairov as a pseudonym. In 1904 he enrolled in the Law School at Kiev University, and married his cousin Olga the same year. In 1905 Tairov opposed the pogroms of Jews in Kiev and was arrested by the Tsar's police and imprisoned. His second arrest led him to a decision to move to St. Petersburg. He was invited by the famous Russian actress Vera Komissarzhevskaya and joined her theatre as an actor under directorship of Vsevolod Meyerhold. Tairov also continued his studies at the Law school of St. Petersburg University. There he started his life-long friendship with Anatoli Lunacharsky. At that time he collaborated with Vsevolod Meyerhold on a joint production of a play by Paul Claudel. Both directors were creating new experimental models for theatre in Russia.
Tairov created a prototype of his Chamber Theatre as "synthetic theatre" with high goals in mind. As director he experimented with staging, acting, individual and group movements, stage and costume designs, and worked with every detail of theatrical performance in order to brake away from the traditional theatre. He established ideal discipline at his Chamber Theatre. Tairov's experimental approach spread to all phases of creating a stage show including even the rehearsals and practice. He used the music of Ludwig van Beethoven and Frédéric Chopin as a way of helping his actors achieve spiritual union in there scenes. In 1912 Tairov was invited to direct a play in collaboration with the Russian Drama Theatre in Riga. There he was once again attacked by the local anti-Semites and was banned by the local authorities from staying and working in the city of Riga. The conflict took two weeks to resolve. Tairov prevailed, he stayed and completed his work for the Russian Drama Theatre in Riga. Upon his return to St. Petersburg, Tairov converted to Evangelic Lutheranism.
In 1913 Tairov moved to Moscow. There he joined a corporation of attorneys at law and could continue a comfortable career. Instead Tairov established himself as important anti-realist director. His Chamber Theatre became the center of experimental creativity for many Russian actors, artists, writers, and musicians. Tairov was the first director in Russia to stage the Three-Penny Opera by Bertolt Brecht. He staged plays of Valery Briusov, O'Neal, J.B. Pristley, Oscar Wilde, and other contemporary writers. Tairov collaborated with such artists as Alexandra Exter, Pavel Kuznetsov, Sergei Soudeikin, Mikhail Larionov, Natalya Goncharova, and others. Tairov's Acting Studio became extremely popular among aspiring actors such as Vera Karalli, Alisa Koonen, Evgeniy Lebedev, and others. He worked with composers Sergei Prokofiev, A. Aleksandrov, Georgi Sviridov, and Dmitri Kabalevsky.
After the Russian Revolution of 1917, Tairov continued his independent approach to theatre. His early productions were Salome by Oscar Wilde and Adrienne Lecouvrer, which became a legendary play and ran over 800 performances. Chamber Theatre remained very popular and toured across the Soviet Union. The Chamber Theatre's tours of Europe in 1923, and of South America in 1930 were critically acclaimed as "a total victory of the famous Russian innovator and a genius of staging." In 1929 Tairov produced 'Bagrovy Ostrov' (The Crimson Island) by Mikhail A. Bulgakov. At that time Joseph Stalin began his total control of culture and labeled the play bourgeois. That was enough for attacking Tairov in the Soviet media. His next production of 'Optimistic tragedy' was criticized by Vyacheslav Molotov as a slander of Russian history. Tairov tried to defend his theatre, he stated that theatres must be established on the level of research institutes. 'Pavlov has an institute on which millions are spent. Stanislavsky must have an institute too", said Tairov. As a punishment Tairov's Chamber Theatre was sent to work in Siberia.
In August of 1941 Tairov joined the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee. It was formed by the group of leading intellectuals to campaign against the Nazis during the Second World War. The Committee was headed by Solomon Mikhoels. Along with Tairov other prominent members were Emil Gilels, David Oistrakh, Samuil Marshak, Ilja Ehrenburg, and many other leading intellectuals in the Soviet Union. The main driving force of the Committee was represented by the group of Yiddish writers such as Perets Markish, Lev Kvitko, David Gofstein, Itsik Fefer, David Bergelson, and others. The Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee provided over 45 million rubles to the Soviet Red Army. After the end of the Second World War it was denounced by Joseph Stalin, and many of its members were executed by the Soviet secret service.
In 1946 the Communist Party launched attacks on intellectuals in the Soviet Union. Such leading cultural figures as Anna Akhmatova, Sergei Prokofiev, Aram Khachaturyan, Boris Pasternak, and many others suffered from censorship and severe repressions. Tairov's Chamber Theatre was attacked for having little to do with contemporary Soviet life. Tairov tried to make additions to repertoire and invited writer Aleksandr Galich, and young director Georgi Tovstonogov, but it was too late. Soviet Committee for Arts ordered in May of 1949, to close the theatre. Tairov's Chamber Theatre was accused of "Aesthetism and Formalism" and was destroyed by the government decision. Tairov was granted a personal pension and soon was hospitalized with brain cancer. He died on September 5, 1950, in Moscow, and was laid to rest in the Novodevichy Convent Cemetery in Moscow, Russia. - Sunshine Hart was born Lucia Adams on July 6, 1886, in Vevay, Indiana. She would later claim that her father was a minister on an Indian reservation and that an Indian nurse gave her the nickname "Sunshine". After high school she started acting in stock companies and spent many years working in vaudeville using the stage "Miss Sunshine". She married Charles W. Hart, a machinist, in 1910 and had a daughter named Leora. At the age of thirty Sunshine made her film debut in the 1916 comedy short A Scoundrel's Toll. She continued to work on the stage and appeared in several of Jack White's Mermaid comedies. Producer Mack Sennett gave her a part in his 1924 short film Scarem Much and offered her a long term contract. She would go on to star in more than two dozen of Sennett's comedies including Crazy To Act, Hoboken To Hollywood, and Smith's Baby.
Sunshine, who weighed more than 250 pounds, usually played funny mothers. She became a popular character actress and was often called a female Fatty Arbuckle. Despite her age and size she was always willing to do dangerous stunts if it got a laugh. She loved making films but she told an interviewer her main priority in life was raising her daughter. In 1927 she was cast as Mary Pickford's mother in My Best Girl. During filming she badly injured her foot when she fell doing an automobile stunt. Although she kept working she never fully recovered from this accident. She had a small role in the 1930 comedy Midnight Daddies. It would be her last film. Sunshine died on January 3, 1930 from heart failure. She was just forty-three years old. Sadly she had spent the last few weeks of her life bedridden. She was buried at Hollywood Forever cemetery in Los Angeles, California. - Actress
Mary Holly was born on 6 July 1886 in New York, USA. She was an actress. She was married to William H. Clifford. She died on 17 May 1976 in Palm Springs, California, USA.- Ben Rothwell was born on 6 July 1886 in Denver, Colorado, USA. He was an actor, known for A Mother's Atonement (1915). He died in April 1930 in the USA.
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- Director
Mario Voller-Buzzi was born on 6 July 1886 in Turin, Italy. He was an actor and director, known for The Betrothed (1913), Satana (1912) and Il lampionaro del Ponte Vecchio (1918). He died on 22 February 1966.- Actress
- Additional Crew
Annette Kellerman was born on 6 July 1887 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. She was an actress, known for Venus of the South Seas (1924), Jephtah's Daughter: A Biblical Tragedy (1909) and Queen of the Sea (1918). She was married to James R. Sullivan. She died on 5 November 1975 in Southport, Australia.- Walter Flex was born on 6 July 1887 in Eisenach, Germany. Walter was a writer, known for Wanderer zwischen beiden Welten (1987). Walter died on 16 October 1917 in Pöide Parish, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire.
- Before his movie career, George Meader was a leading character tenor at the Metropolitan Opera, NY, from 1921-35. His debut was in DIE TOTE STADT (THE DEAD CITY) by Korngold, who also moved on to Hollywood as a composer. Among his many roles, Meader sang the major tenor roles in operas by Richard Wagner, such as David in MEISTERSINGER and Mime in SIEGFRIED.
- Composer
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Cecil Copping was born on 6 July 1888 in Lisbon, New Hampshire, USA. Cecil was a composer, known for Lilac Time (1928). Cecil died on 4 January 1966 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Actor
- Producer
Theodore Henderson was born on 6 July 1888 in Santa Paula, California, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for Lure of the West (1926), The Girl of the West (1925) and Thundering Speed (1926). He died on 19 July 1962 in Santa Paula, California, USA.- Producer
- Director
- Writer
G.B. Samuelson was born on 6 July 1889 in Southport, Lancashire [now in Sefton, Merseyside], England, UK. He was a producer and director, known for The Bridal Chair (1919), The Game of Life (1922) and The Winning Goal (1920). He was married to Marjorie Emma Elizabeth Vint. He died on 17 April 1947 in Great Barr, Staffordshire, England, UK.- Make-Up Department
- Actor
Jules Michelson was born on 6 July 1889 in Riga, Russian Empire [now Latvia]. He was an actor, known for Men on Her Mind (1944). He died on 5 June 1958 in Hollywood, California, USA.- Blanca Podestá was born on 6 July 1889 in La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina. She was an actress, known for Tierra baja (1912), Manuelita Rosas (1925) and Sendas cruzadas (1942). She died on 17 May 1967 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- Cécyl Marcyl was born on 6 July 1890 in Argentre, France. She was an actress, known for La route enchantée (1938), God Needs Men (1950) and Retour de flamme (1943). She died on 10 February 1960 in Paris, France.
- Jack O'Loughlin was born on 6 July 1890. He was an actor, known for Beyond the Law (1918) and The Luck of Roaring Camp (1917). He died on 25 September 1946 in Santa Barbara, California, USA.
- Editor
- Writer
Leete Renick Brown was born on 6 July, 1890, at Ottawa, Ohio, the son of John W. and Jennie R Brown. His father was a local dry goods merchant in Ottawa. As a young man Brown worked in his home town as a car salesman before enlisting in the US Army on 11 December, 1917, where he later served overseas as a corporal with the American Expeditionary Forces from 1 August, 1918 to 23 December, 1918. After the war Brown relocated to Los Angeles where he worked in adverting before breaking into the movies. Leete Renick Brown passed away on 31 October, 1957 at Queen of Angels Hospital in Los Angeles. He was survived by two sisters in Ohio and one in Michigan.- Betty Shale was born on 6 July 1891 in Hampstead, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Looking on the Bright Side (1932), Evergreen (1934) and The Crouching Beast (1935). She was married to Eliot Makeham. She died on 11 January 1985 in Westminster, London, England, UK.