Francis, Dick
1920 - 2010

The British jockey and author Richard Stanley "Dick" Francis is famous worldwide both as a champion jockey – at one time j...

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Bodkin, M. McDonnell
1850 - 1933

Matthias McDonnell Bodkin was an Irish barrister, journalist, Irish nationalist and Member of Parliament. He is best known...

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Blackwood, Algernon
1869 - 1951

The British author Algernon Henry Blackwood grew up in a strictly religious home in Kent. He soon abandoned his Christian...

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Camilleri, Andrea
1925 - 2019

Italian author and theatre/film producer, born in the industrial town Porto Empedocle in Agrigento province on the south...

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