LOCATION

Official Website:
http://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/

Population:
247,820 (2001)

SCHOOLS

School	Founded
University of Brighton	1968

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Aubrey Beardsley	Artist	21-Aug-1872	16-Mar-1898	Leading late 19th c. English illustrator
Jack Clayton	Film Director	1-Mar-1921	26-Feb-1995	The Great Gatsby
Simon Cowell	TV Personality	7-Oct-1959		Pop Idol, American Idol judge
David Garnett	Novelist	9-Mar-1892	17-Feb-1981	Lady into Fox
Eric Gill	Typographer	22-Feb-1882	17-Nov-1940	Typographer, Gill Sans
Toby Hemingway	Actor	28-May-1983		The Covenant
Peter Hewitt	Film Director	1962		Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey
Jordan	Model	22-May-1978		British model
Nigel Kennedy	Violinist	28-Dec-1956		British 'punk' violinist
Robert del Naja	Musician	21-Jan-1965		Massive Attack
Martin Ryle	Astronomer	27-Sep-1918	14-Oct-1984	Radio astronomer
Arthur Treacher	Actor	23-Jul-1894	14-Dec-1975	The Merv Griffin Show

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
William Waldorf Astor	Publisher	31-Mar-1848	18-Oct-1919	The Observer
Tom Bell	Actor	2-Aug-1933	4-Oct-2006	Prime Suspect
Thomas Davidson	Paleontologist	17-May-1817	14-Oct-1885	British Fossil Brachiopoda
Nigel Green	Actor	15-Oct-1924	15-May-1972	The Ipcress File
Marshall Hall	Doctor	18-Feb-1790	11-Aug-1857	Theory of reflex action
Hamilton Harty	Conductor	4-Dec-1879	19-Feb-1941	Principal Conductor, The Hallé, 1920-34
Thomas Hughes	Author	20-Oct-1822	22-Mar-1896	Tom Brown's School Days
William Moon	Inventor	18-Dec-1818	9-Oct-1894	Moon Code (similar to Braille)
Charles Stewart Parnell	Politician	27-Jun-1846	6-Oct-1891	Irish Nationalist leader
Flora Robson	Actor	28-Mar-1902	7-Jul-1984	Fire Over England
Ernestine Rose	Activist	13-Jan-1810	4-Aug-1892	Suffragette and abolitionist
Frederick Soddy	Chemist	2-Sep-1877	22-Sep-1956	Investigated radioactivity, isotopes
Herbert Spencer	Philosopher	27-Apr-1820	8-Dec-1903	Synthetic Philosophy
Robert Smith Surtees	Novelist	17-May-1803	16-Mar-1864	Jorrocks's Jaunts and Jollities

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