The dictionary of national biography, 1986-1990 : with an index covering the years 1901-1990 in one alphabetical series
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The dictionary of national biography, 1986-1990 : with an index covering the years 1901-1990 in one alphabetical series
Oxford University Press, 1996
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Dictionary of national biography, 1986-1990 : with index, 1901-1990
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Prominent individuals from all walks of national life who died between 1986 and 1990, can be found in this volume of "The Dictionary of National Biography". The roll-call of distinguished persons range from gynaecologist Patrick Steptoe who delivered the first "test-tube" baby in 1978, to publisher Hamish Hamilton, football wing-half Joe Mercer, sculpter Henry Moore, and gardener Percy Thrower. Other entries include: public figures - Harold Macmillan, Robert Boothby and Michael Ramsay; comedians and entertainers - Max Wall, "Tommy" Trinder and Terry Thomas; actors - Rex Harrison, Margaret Lockwood and Trevor Howard; musicians - Jacqueline du Pr'e, John Ogdon and Peter Pears; and writers - Bruce Chatwin, Noel Streatfield, Daphne du Maurier and Christopher Isherwood.
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