LOCATION

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

Population:
123,483 (2003)

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Ed Balls	Politician	25-Feb-1967		British MP, Normanton
Angela Beesley	Business	3-Aug-1977		Co-Founder of Wikia, Inc.
Thomas Bilney	Religion	c. 1495	19-Aug-1531	English martyr, influenced Latimer
Edward Bullard	Physicist	21-Sep-1907	3-Apr-1980	Continental drift, magnetic fields
John Caius	Doctor	6-Oct-1510	29-Jul-1573	Second founder of Gonville and Caius College
Samuel Clarke	Philosopher	11-Oct-1675	17-May-1729	Newtonian theologian
John Crome	Painter	22-Dec-1768	22-Apr-1821	Painter of trees, Norwich School
Robert Greene	Playwright	Jul-1558	3-Sep-1592	Friar Bacon
Jimmy Hanley	Actor	22-Oct-1918	13-Jan-1970	Jim's Inn
Luke Hansard	Publisher	5-Jul-1752	28-Oct-1828	English printer
William Jackson Hooker	Botanist	6-Jul-1785	12-Aug-1865	British Jungermanniae
Harriet Martineau	Author	12-Jun-1802	27-Jun-1876	Maid of All Work
Thomas Morley	Composer	c. 1557	Oct-1602	Laboravi in Gemitu Meo
Paul Nurse	Scientist	25-Jan-1949		Regulators of cell cycle
Beth Orton	Singer/Songwriter	14-Dec-1970		Folk singer/songwriter
Matthew Parker	Religion	6-Aug-1504	15-May-1575	Archbishop of Canterbury, 1559-75
Philip Pullman	Novelist	19-Oct-1946		His Dark Materials
Anthony Frederick Augustus Sandys	Painter	1-May-1829	25-Jun-1904	Pre-Raphaelite British painter

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Malcolm Bradbury	Critic	7-Sep-1932	27-Nov-2000	The History Man
Sir Thomas Browne	Author	19-Oct-1605	19-Oct-1682	Pseudodoxia Epidemica
John Crome	Painter	22-Dec-1768	22-Apr-1821	Painter of trees, Norwich School
Richard L. M. Synge	Chemist	28-Oct-1914	18-Aug-1994	Partition chromatography

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