Oxford DNB home page
page layout image
Subscriber home page
page layout image

New lives and themes

Full access to all new biographies is by subscription    > How to subscribe

Already a subscriber?    > Click here for full access to new lives

NEW SUBJECTS | NEW FEATURES

New subjects

Adams, Barbara Georgina (1945–2002), archaeologist and museum curator
Alexander, Louis George (1932–2002), language teacher and author
Alexander, Sir Michael O'Donel Bjarne (1936–2002), diplomatist
Allaun, Frank Julian (1913–2002), politician
Allott, Antony Nicolas (1924–2002), jurist and magistrate
Alper, Samuel (1924–2002), caravan manufacturer
Anderson, George Wishart (1913–2002), biblical scholar and Methodist minister
Argyle, (John) Michael (1925–2002), social psychologist
Armitage, (William) Kenneth (1916–2002), sculptor
Ashmore, Sir Peter William Beckwith (1921–2002), naval officer and courtier
Auld, Susan Mary (1915–2002), naval architect
Bagnall, Sir Nigel Thomas (1927–2002), army officer
Barker, Audrey Lilian (1918–2002), novelist and short story writer
Barran, Sir David Haven (1912–2002), oil industrialist
Bartlett, Maurice Stevenson (1910–2002), statistician and probabilist
Batley, Lawrence (1911–2002), businessman
Bauer, Peter Thomas, Baron Bauer (1915–2002), economist
Beer, (Anthony) Stafford (1926–2002), management cybernetician
Bendhem, Thomas (1928–2002), businessman and art patron
Benjamin, Anthony (1931–2002), artist
Besch, Anthony John Elwyn (1924–2002), opera director
Billingham, Rupert Everett (1921–2002), immunologist
Birley, Sir Derek Sydney (1926–2002), educationist
Black, Sir Douglas Andrew Kilgour (1913–2002), physician
Black, Stanley (1913–2002), bandleader, pianist, and composer
Blake, (Robert) Andrew (1963–2002), medical research campaigner
Bloomfield, Barry Cambray (1931–2002), librarian and bibliographer
Boddington, Diana Mary (1921–2002), stage manager
Bray, Jeremy William (1930–2002), mathematician and politician
Bromley, John Edward (1934–2002), journalist and broadcasting executive
Brookes, Raymond Percival, Baron Brookes (1909–2002), industrialist
Brown, Ronald William (1921–2002) [see under Brown, George, Baron George-Brown (1914–1985)], politician
Brown, Robert Hanbury (1916–2002), physicist and astronomer
Bruce, George Robert (1909–2002), poet, critic, and radio and television producer
Bryant, Michael Dennis (1928–2002), actor
Bunting, Arthur Hugh (1917–2002), crop scientist
Burge, Stuart Masters Haig (1918–2002), director and actor
Calvert, Phyllis (1915–2002), actress
Carrington, Dorothy Violet (1910–2002), historian and writer on Corsica
Carter, Sir Charles Frederick (1919–2002), economist and university administrator
Castle, Barbara Anne, Baroness Castle of Blackburn (1910–2002), politician
Chorley, Richard John (1927–2002), geographer
Christodoulou, Anastasios (1932–2002), university administrator
Clapham, Sir Michael John Sinclair (1912–2002), printer and industrialist
Clark, Alan Charles (1919–2002), Roman Catholic bishop of East Anglia and ecumenist
Clark, James Dawson Chichester-, Baron Moyola (1923–2002), prime minister of Northern Ireland
Clark, (John) Desmond (1916–2002), archaeologist
Colwell, Eileen Hilda (1904–2002), librarian and storyteller
Cook, Olive Muriel (1912–2002) [see under Smith, Edwin George Herbert (1912–1971)], writer and artist
Cooper, Sir Frank (1922–2002), civil servant
Cooper, (Margaret) Joyce (1909–2002), swimmer
Cowan, William Maxwell (1931–2002), neurobiologist
Crookenden, Sir Napier (1915–2002), army officer
Cunningham, John (1917–2002), aviator and businessman
De Haan, Sidney Isaac (1919–2002), businessman
Denham, (William) Maurice (1909–2002), actor
Donegan, Anthony James [Lonnie] (1931–2002), singer
Douthwaite, Patricia Morgan Graham (1934–2002), artist
Drucker, Henry Matthew (1942–2002), political scientist and fund-raiser
Dyson, Anthony Edward (1928–2002), literary critic and campaigner for homosexual law reform
Ede, Charles Richard Montague (1921–2002), publisher and dealer in art and antiquities
Elizabeth (1900–2002), queen of Great Britain, Ireland, and the British dominions beyond the seas, sometime empress of India, consort of George VI, later styled Queen Elizabeth the queen mother
Emslie, George Carlyle, Baron Emslie (1919–2002), judge
Enright, Dennis Joseph (1920–2002), poet and literary critic
Entwistle, John Alec (1944–2002), songwriter and guitarist
Erzinçlioglu, (Yahya) Zakaria (1951–2002), forensic entomologist
Esslin, Martin Julius (1918–2002), broadcaster and drama critic
Evans, Arthur Mostyn [Moss] (1925–2002), trade unionist
Ferman, James Alan (1930–2002), film censor
Firth, Sir Raymond William (1901–2002), anthropologist
Fitzpatrick, Sir (Geoffrey Richard) Desmond (1912–2002), army officer
Forge, Andrew Murray (1923–2002), painter and art critic
Foster, Audrey Pellew Hylton-, Baroness Hylton-Foster (1908–2002), politician
Fox, Alan (1920–2002), sociologist and industrial historian
Fox, Sir (John) Marcus (1927–2002), politician
Fry, Richard Henry (1900–2002), financial and political journalist
Gardiner, Sir George Arthur (1935–2002), journalist and politician
Gillies, Ian Malcolm (1927–2002), question-setter and broadcaster
Goalen, Barbara Kathleen (1921–2002), fashion model
Gold, Sir Arthur Abraham (1917–2002), businessman and sports administrator
Goodden, Robert Yorke (1909–2002), designer and architect
Gorman, Bartholomew (1944–2002), pugilist and Gypsy leader
Gray, Dolores (1924–2002), singer and actress
Guest, George Howell (1924–2002), organist and choirmaster
Gunn, Sir John Currie (1916–2002), physicist
Habakkuk, Sir Hrothgar John (1915–2002), economic historian
Hambro, Charles Eric Alexander, Baron Hambro of Dixton and Dumbleton (1930–2002), merchant banker
Hardcastle, Sir Alan John (1933–2002), accountant
Hare, Richard Mervyn (1919–2002), philosopher
Harris, Richard St John Francis (1930–2002), actor
Harrison, Molly (1909–2002), museum curator
Haslam, Robert, Baron Haslam (1923–2002), industrialist
Hector, Winifred Emily (1909–2002), nurse and educator
Hemmings, Peter William (1934–2002), opera and orchestra administrator
Henderson, Hamish Scott (1919–2002), poet, singer, and folklorist
Hern, William Richard [Dick] (1921–2002), racehorse trainer
Hetherington, Sir Arthur Ford (1911–2002), engineer and businessman
Hibbert, Sir Reginald Alfred (1922–2002), diplomatist
Hill, Bridget Irene (1922–2002), historian and feminist
Hilton, Rodney Howard (1916–2002), historian
Hindley, Myra (1942–2002), murderer
Hoff, Harry Summerfield (1910–2002), novelist and civil servant
Holmes, Sir Peter Fenwick (1932–2002), oil industrialist
Howard, Miles Francis Stapleton Fitzalan-, seventeenth duke of Norfolk (1915–2002), army officer and courtier
Hoxter, Hans Zacharias (1909–2002), social worker and educationist
Jenkins, Daniel Thomas (1914–2002), theologian and United Reformed minister
Jones, Sir Ewart Ray Herbert (1911–2002), organic chemist
Keith, Henry Shanks, Baron Keith of Kinkel (1922–2002), judge
Kellgren, Jonas Henrik (1911–2002), rheumatologist
Kemp, Arnold (1939–2002), newspaper editor
Kerr, Sir Michael Robert Emanuel (1921–2002), judge
Khama, Ruth, Lady Khama (1923–2002) [see under Khama, Sir Seretse (1921–1980)]
Kilpatrick, Dame Judith Ann Gladys (1952–2002), headmistress
King, Edmund James (1914–2002), comparative educationist
Knill, Sir John Lawrence (1934–2002), engineering geologist
Knox, Oliver Arbuthnot (1923–2002), advertising agent, novelist, and political activist
Law, Vivien Anne, Lady Shackleton (1954–2002), linguistic scholar
Lee, (Wilfred) Jack Raymond (1913–2002), film director and screenwriter
Littlewood, (Maudie) Joan (1914–2002), theatre director and writer
Lomax, Alan (1915–2002), musicologist
Low, Erna (1909–2002), tour operator
McCalla, Val Irvine (1943–2002), newspaper publisher
McGrath, John Peter (1935–2002), playwright and director
Mactaggart, William Alexander (1906–2002), woollen manufacturer
Maré, Eric Samuel de (1910–2002), architectural photographer
Margaret Rose, Princess, countess of Snowdon (1930–2002),
Martin, Archer John Porter (1910–2002), biochemist
Megaw, Helen Dick (1907–2002), crystallographer
Millichip, Sir Frederick Albert [Bert] (1914–2002), football administrator
Milligan, Terence Alan [Spike] (1918–2002), comedian and author
Milner, Anthony Francis Dominic (1925–2002), composer
Milstein, César (1927–2002), molecular biologist and immunologist
Mitchell, Sir (Edgar) William John (1925–2002), physicist and scientific administrator
Mitchison, Rosalind Mary (1919–2002), historian
Moore, Dudley Stuart John (1935–2002), actor, musician, and composer
Murry, John Middleton (1926–2002), author
Nelsova, Zara (1917–2002), cellist
Noble, Simon John (1936–2002), oyster-grower and businessman
Nolan, Shirley (1942–2002) [see under Nolan, Anthony Edward (1971–1979)]
Pakenham, Elizabeth, countess of Longford (1906–2002), biographer and historian
Parker, Sir Peter (1924–2002), businessman
Peake, Dame Felicity Hyde (1913–2002), air force officer
Perutz, Max Ferdinand (1914–2002), chemist and molecular biologist
Pickford, (Lillian) Mary (1902–2002), neuroendocrinologist
Porter, George, Baron Porter of Luddenham (1920–2002), chemist
Porter, Roy Sydney (1946–2002), historian
Powell [née Pakenham], Lady Violet Georgiana (1912–2002) [see under Powell, Anthony Dymoke (1905–2000)], writer
Quinn, David Beers (1909–2002), historian
Reddaway, (William) Brian (1913–2002), economist
Reinhardt, Max (1915–2002), publisher
Reisz, Karel (1926–2002), film and theatre director
Rennie, Sir John Shaw (1917–2002), colonial governor and international civil servant
Richman, Stella (1922–2002), actress and television producer and executive
Robbins, (Richard) Michael (1915–2002), transport administrator and historian
Robertson, Bryan Charles Francis (1925–2002), art critic and art gallery director
Rothman, Bernard (1911–2002), communist activist and countryside access campaigner
Rowsell, Edmund Lionel Penning- (1913–2002), writer on wine
Roycroft, (Eric) Brian (1933–2002), social worker
Russell, John Robert, thirteenth duke of Bedford (1917–2002), landowner and businessman
Russell, Sir (Thomas) Patrick (1926–2002), barrister and judge
Saunders, Sir John Anthony Holt (1917–2002), banker
Schapiro, Boris (1909–2002), bridge player and gambler
Serota, Beatrice, Baroness Serota (1919–2002), politician and social reformer
Shepheard, Sir Peter Faulkner (1913–2002), architect and landscape architect
Siddall, Sir Norman (1918–2002), mining engineer and industrialist
Siepmann, Mary Aline [pseud. Mary Wesley] (1912–2002), novelist
Simon, Brian (1915–2002), educationist and historian
Simpson, Cortlandt James Woore (1911–2002), naval officer and Arctic explorer
Skyrme, Sir (William) Thomas Charles (1913–2002), civil servant and magistrate
Smith, Sir Graham William (1939–2002), probation officer
Stevens, John Edgar (1921–2002), musicologist and college head
Stewart, Alice Mary (1906–2002), physician and epidemiologist
Stott, (Charlotte) Mary (1907–2002), journalist
Strummer, Joe (1952–2002), rock musician and songwriter
Sutch, Peter Dennis Antony (1945–2002), businessman and airline executive
Taylor, Arnold Joseph (1911–2002), historian and public servant
Thackray, John Philip [Jake] (1938–2002), singer and songwriter
Thaw, John Edward (1942–2002), actor
Thompson, John Lee (1914–2002), film director
Todd, Sir (Reginald Stephen) Garfield (1908–2002), prime minister of Southern Rhodesia
Took, Barry (1928–2002), writer and broadcaster
Tufnell, Meriel Patricia (1948–2002), jockey
Tutte, William Thomas (1917–2002), mathematician and codebreaker
Unwin, Stanley (1911–2002), entertainer
Vellacott, Elisabeth Jessie (1905–2002), artist
Waterfield, Robert Everard (1914–2002), missionary and antiquarian bookseller
Weighell, Sidney (1922–2002), trade unionist
Weinstock, Arnold, Baron Weinstock (1924–2002), industrialist
Weston, Garfield Howard (1927–2002), businessman and philanthropist
Whent, Sir Gerald Arthur (1927–2002), businessman
Whetstone, (Norman) Keith (1930–2002), journalist
Whitmore, Timothy Charles (1935–2002), tropical forest ecologist
Wilson, Sir Charles Haynes (1909–2002), political scientist and university administrator
Wilson, Donald Boyd (1910–2002), scriptwriter and television producer
Wilson, Harriett Charlotte (1916–2002), sociologist and campaigner against child poverty
Winterbottom, Sir Walter (1913–2002), football manager and sports administrator
Woledge, Brian (1904–2002), French scholar
Wolstenholme, Kenneth (1920–2002), football commentator
Worth, Edward Stevens (1908–2002), photographer
Yarnold, Edward John (1926–2002), Roman Catholic priest and theologian
Young, Janet Mary, Baroness Young (1926–2002), politician
Young, Michael Dunlop, Baron Young of Dartington (1915–2002), sociologist and social entrepreneur

New features

Chaucer and the growth of vernacular literature, c.1350–c.1500
The monarchy and charity
Reclaiming the bard of liberty
Scientific instrument makers

> Back to top

Copyright © Oxford University Press 2009
Privacy Policy and Legal Notice