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Ashford, Kent, England
LOCATION
Official Website:
http://www.ashford.gov.uk/
Population:
105,907 (2003 estimate)
BIRTHS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
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| Frederick Forsyth |
Novelist |
25-Aug-1938 |
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The Day of the Jackal |
| Steven Mithen |
Archaeologist |
16-Oct-1960 |
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After the Ice |
| Mark Rylance |
Actor |
18-Jan-1960 |
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Bridge of Spies |
| Malcolm Sargent |
Conductor |
29-Apr-1895 |
3-Oct-1967 |
Conductor, BBC Symphony, 1950-57 |
| John Wallis |
Mathematician |
23-Nov-1616 |
28-Oct-1703 |
Arithmetica Infinitorum |
DEATHS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
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| Alfred Austin |
Poet |
30-May-1835 |
2-Jun-1913 |
Poet Laureate of England, 1892-1913 |
| Simone Weil |
Philosopher |
3-Feb-1909 |
24-Aug-1943 |
The Iliad, or the Poem of Force |
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