LOCATION

Official Website:
http://www.derby.gov.uk/

Population:
234,905 (2000)

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Deborah Bull	Dancer	22-Mar-1963		Principal Dancer, Royal Ballet, 1992-2001
John Cotton	Religion	4-Dec-1585	23-Dec-1652	First Church of Boston
Geoff Hoon	Politician	6-Dec-1953		UK Minister of Defence, 1999-2005
Richard J. Roberts	Scientist	6-Sep-1943		Eukaryotic (split) genes
Herbert Spencer	Philosopher	27-Apr-1820	8-Dec-1903	Synthetic Philosophy
John Wetton	Musician	12-Jun-1949		Singer for Asia and King Crimson

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Erasmus Darwin	Naturalist	12-Dec-1731	18-Apr-1802	English naturalist, very bad poet

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