A. A. Allen

A. A. Allen

Died 20/5/1939, 85 years ago

Arthur Acland Allen was born on 11 August 1868 the youngest of the five children of Peter Allen (1815-1892) and Sophia Russell Allen née Taylor (1826-1868), in Prestwich, Lancashire. His mother die...

Person, Politics & Administration

2 memorials
Margery Allingham

Margery Allingham

Born 20/5/1904, 120 years ago

Writer. Born Margery Louise Allingham in Ealing. Initially she studied drama and speech-training to cure a stammer. She turned to writing, and in 1929 published her first successful novel, 'The Cri...

Person, Literature

1 memorial
Edward Armitage

Edward Armitage

Born 20/5/1817, 207 years ago

Painter.  Born Tavistock Square and died Tunbridge Wells.  The picture is a self-portrait. On the Albert Hall frieze Armitage contributed two of the sixteen sections: 'Princes, Art Patrons and Art...

Person, Art

1 memorial
Max Beerbohm

Max Beerbohm

Died 20/5/1956, 68 years ago

Caricaturist and writer. Born 57 Palace Gardens Terrace, Kensington. In the Oscar Wilde circle of friends. He became successful and famous at aged 24, but never rich. Half brother and cousin to He...

Person, Art, Literature

2 memorials
Rifleman William Broughton

Rifleman William Broughton

Died 20/5/1916, 108 years ago

William Broughton was born on 20 January 1887 in Cromer, Norfolk, the third of the four children of James William Broughton (1852-1922) and Emily Broughton née Blogg (1854-1891). His birth was regi...

Person, Armed Forces, France

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Eliza Cadogan

Eliza Cadogan

Died 20/5/1768, 256 years ago

Born after 1695. Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Hans Sloane. Married General Charles Cadogan, 2nd Baron Cadogan of Oakley on 25th July 1717.

Person, Friend / family

1 memorial
Christopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus

Died 20/5/1506, 518 years ago

Explorer. Born in the Republic of Genoa (his birth date is approximate). From 1492 to 1504, he made four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean under the auspices of the monarchs of Spain. These voyages...

Person, Exploring, Race Issues, Seriously Famous, Caribbean Islands, Cuba, Italy, Spain, USA

1 memorial
Steve Currie

Steve Currie

Born 20/5/1947, 77 years ago

Bass guitarist.  Born Grimsby.  Joined T-Rex in November 1970 and left late 1976.  Went on to work as a session musician.  Died in a car crash near his home in Portugal.

Person, Music / songs, Portugal

1 memorial
Henry Frankland

Henry Frankland

Born 20/5/1907, 117 years ago

One of five fire-watchers killed on the night bombs fell on Chelsea Old Church and the surrounding area. Carpenter employed by the Westminster Carriage Company, 48 Old Church Street. Not an offici...

Person, Emergency Services

War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial
Barbara Hepworth

Barbara Hepworth

Died 20/5/1975, 49 years ago

Born in Wakefield as Jocelyn Barbara Hepworth. At art school met and became a friendly rival of Henry Moore, though it was she who first 'pierced' her sculptures. With her first husband had a son w...

Person, Sculpture, Seriously Famous

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