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Canterbury, Kent, England
LOCATION
Official Website:
http://www.canterbury.gov.uk/ Population:
42,258 (2001) SCHOOLS
BIRTHS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
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| Orlando Bloom |
Actor |
13-Jan-1977 |
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Lord of the Rings |
| Hugh Hopper |
Bassist |
29-Apr-1945 |
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Soft Machine bassist |
| Freddie Laker |
Business |
6-Aug-1922 |
9-Feb-2006 |
Founder of Laker Airlines |
| Thomas Linacre |
Doctor |
c. 1460 |
20-Oct-1524 |
Established the Royal Academy of Physicians |
| Christopher Marlowe |
Playwright |
6-Feb-1564 |
30-May-1593 |
Doctor Faustus |
| James Parton |
Author |
9-Feb-1822 |
17-Oct-1891 |
American biographer |
DEATHS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
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| Thomas Arundel |
Religion |
1353 |
19-Feb-1414 |
Archbishop of Canterbury, 1396-1414 |
| St. Augustine of Canterbury |
Religion |
? |
26-May-604 AD |
First Archbishop of Canterbury |
| H. E. Bates |
Novelist |
16-May-1905 |
29-Jan-1974 |
The Jacaranda Tree |
| Thomas Becket |
Religion |
c. 1118 |
29-Dec-1170 |
Archbishop of Canterbury, 1162-70 |
| Joseph Conrad |
Author |
3-Dec-1857 |
3-Aug-1924 |
Heart of Darkness |
| Peter Cushing |
Actor |
26-May-1913 |
11-Aug-1994 |
Grand Moff Tarkin in Star Wars |
| Orlando Gibbons |
Composer |
1583 |
5-Jun-1625 |
Late Tudor composer and organist |
| Mo Mowlam |
Politician |
18-Sep-1949 |
19-Aug-2005 |
Former Labour MP |
| Kate O'Brien |
Novelist |
3-Dec-1897 |
13-Aug-1974 |
The Land of Spices |
| George Porter |
Chemist |
6-Dec-1920 |
31-Aug-2002 |
Studied fast chemical reactions |
| William Warham |
Religion |
c. 1450 |
22-Aug-1532 |
Archbishop of Canterbury, 1504-32 |
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