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Aiken, Joan Delano, (Mrs Julius Goldstein), (4 Sept. 1924–4 Jan. 2004), writer of historical, mystery and children’s novels, plays and poetry  

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01 December 2007

MBE 1999

Born 4 Sept. 1924; d of Conrad Potter Aiken and Jessie McDonald; m 1st, 1945, Ronald George Brown (d 1955); one ...

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Angelou, Marguerite Annie, (Maya), (4 April 1928–28 May 2014), writer, singer and actress  

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01 December 2007

Born St Louis, 4 April 1928; d of Bailey Johnson and Vivian Baxter Johnson; one s; died 28 May 2014

writer, singer and actress

George Washington High Sch., San Francisco; California Labor Sch....

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Anstee, Dame Margaret (Joan), (25 June 1926–25 Aug. 2016), lecturer, writer and consultant on UN issues and peacekeeping training; Adviser to: President and Government of Bolivia (ad honorem), 1993–97 and 2002–05; Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations, 1987–93  

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01 December 2007

DCMG 1994

Born 25 June 1926; d of Edward Curtis Anstee and Anne Adaliza (née Mills); died 25 Aug. 2016

lecturer, writer and consultant on UN issues and peacekeeping training; Adviser to: President and Government of Bolivia (...

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Binchy, Maeve, (Mrs Gordon Snell), (28 May 1940–30 July 2012), writer  

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01 December 2007

Born Dublin, 28 May 1940; d of William Binchy and Maureen Blackmore; m 1977, Gordon Snell, writer and broadcaster; died 30 July 2012

writer

Holy Child Convent, Killiney, Dublin; University College, Dublin...

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Blackburne, Gertrude Mary Ireland, (13 May 1861–28 Nov. 1951)  

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01 December 2007

Born 13 May 1861; d of late John Ireland Blackburne, Chester, and Mary (née Buchanan); died 28 Nov. 1951

Chairman Writers’ Club, 1916–17 and 1930; Joint Hon. Sec. Women Writers’ Dinner, ...

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Brooke-Rose, Prof. Christine, (16 Jan. 1923–21 March 2012), novelist and critic; Professor of English Language and Literature, University of Paris, 1975–88 (Lecturer, 1968–75)  

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01 December 2007

Born 16 Jan. 1923; m 1st, 1944, Rodney Bax (marr. diss); 2nd, 1953, Jerzy Pietrkiewicz (marr. diss. 1975; he d 2007); 3rd, 1981, Claude Brooke (marr. diss. 1982); ...

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Brookner, Dr Anita, (16 July 1928–10 March 2016), Reader, Courtauld Institute of Art, 1977–88  

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01 December 2007

CBE 1990

Born 16 July 1928; oc of Newson and Maude Brookner; died 10 March 2016

Reader, Courtauld Institute of Art, 1977–88

James Allen’s Girls’ Sch.; King’s Coll., Univ. of London (BA ...

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Browse, Lillian Gertrude, (21 April 1906–2 Dec. 2005), author; private archivist  

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01 December 2007

CBE 1998

Born 21 April 1906; d of Michael Browse and Gladys Browse (née Meredith); m 1st, 1934, Ivan H. Joseph; 2nd, 1964, Sidney H. Lines (decd); ...

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Butler, Prof. Marilyn Speers, (Lady Butler), (11 Feb. 1937–11 March 2014), Rector, Exeter College, 1993–2004, and Titular Professor of English Language and Literature, 1998–2004, University of Oxford  

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01 December 2007

DPhil; FBA 2002

Born 11 Feb. 1937; d of Sir Trevor Evans, CBE and Margaret (née Gribbin); m 1962, David Edgeworth Butler (Sir David Butler, CBE, FBA); two s...

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Douglas, Dame (Margaret) Mary, (25 March 1921–16 May 2007), Avalon Foundation Professor in the Humanities, Northwestern University, 1981–85, then Professor Emeritus  

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01 December 2007

DBE 2007 (CBE 1992); FBA 1989

Born 25 March 1921; d of late Gilbert Charles Tew and Phyllis Twomey; m 1951, James A. T. Douglas, OBE (d 2004...

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Dunnett, Dorothy, (Lady Dunnett), (25 Aug. 1923–9 Nov. 2001), portrait painter, since 1950, and novelist, since 1961  

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01 December 2007

OBE 1992

Born 25 Aug. 1923; d of Alexander Halliday and Dorothy Eveline Millard; m 1946, Sir Alastair MacTavish Dunnett (d 1998); two ...

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Ewbank, Prof. Inga-Stina, (13 June 1932–7 June 2004), Professor of English Literature, University of Leeds, 1985–97, then Emeritus  

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01 December 2007

Born 13 June 1932; d of Gustav and Ingeborg Ekeblad; m 1959, Roger Ewbank; one s two d; died 7 June 2004

Professor of English Literature, University of Leeds, ...

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Foot, Prof. Philippa Ruth, (3 Oct. 1920–3 Oct. 2010), Griffin Professor, University of California at Los Angeles, 1988–91, then Emeritus (Professor of Philosophy, 1974–91)  

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01 December 2007

FBA 1976

Born 3 Oct. 1920; d of William Sydney Bence Bosanquet, DSO, and Esther Cleveland Bosanquet, d of Grover Cleveland, Pres. of USA; m 1945, Michael Richard Daniell Foot, CBE, TD (marr. diss. ...

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Gell, Hon. Mrs Edith Mary, (1860–17 April 1944)  

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01 December 2007

Born 1860; d of 8th Viscount Midleton and Augusta, d of 1st Baron Cottesloe; m 1889, Philip Lyttelton Gell (d 1926); died 17 April 1944

Lady of the Manors of Hopton-Carsington and Middleton...

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Hardy, Prof. Barbara Gladys, (27 June 1924–12 Feb. 2016), Professor of English Literature, Birkbeck College, University of London, 1970–89, then Emeritus; teacher and author  

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01 December 2007

FBA 2006; FRSL

Born 27 June 1924; d of Maurice and Gladys Nathan; m 1946, Ernest Dawson Hardy (d 1977); two d; died 12 Feb. 2016

Professor of English Literature, Birkbeck College, University of London, ...

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Horn, Dr Pamela Lucy Ray, (2 May 1936–17 July 2013), author; freelance lecturer, since 1991  

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01 December 2007

Born 2 May 1936; d of Gilbert L. Jones and Marjorie H. Jones; m 1963, Clifford Alfred Horn (d 2008); died 17 July 2013

author; freelance lecturer, since ...

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Jardine, Prof. Lisa Anne, (12 April 1944–25 Oct. 2015), Director, Centre for Editing Lives and Letters, since 2002; Professor of Renaissance Studies, and Director, UCL Centre for Humanities Interdisciplinary Research Projects, University College London, since 2012  

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01 December 2007

CBE 2005; FRS 2015; PhD

Born 12 April 1944; d of Jacob Bronowski and Rita (née Coblenz); m 1st, 1969, Nicholas Jardine, FBA (marr. diss. 1979); one s...

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Jennings, Elizabeth Joan, (18 July 1926–26 Oct. 2001), author  

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01 December 2007

CBE 1992

Born 18 July 1926; d of Dr H. C. Jennings, Oxon; died 26 Oct. 2001

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Oxford High Sch.; St Anne’s Coll., Oxford

Asst at Oxford City Library, ...

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Kramer, Prof. Dame Leonie (Judith), (1 Oct. 1924–20 April 2016), Professor of Australian Literature, University of Sydney, 1968–89, then Professor Emeritus; Chancellor, University of Sydney Senate, 1991–2001 (Deputy Chancellor, 1989–91)  

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01 December 2007

AC 1993; DBE 1983 (OBE 1976); DPhil

Born 1 Oct. 1924; d of Alfred and Gertrude Gibson; m 1952, Harold Kramer (d 1988); two d; died 20 April 2016...

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Longford, Elizabeth, Countess of, (Elizabeth Pakenham) (30 Aug. 1906–23 Oct. 2002)  

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01 December 2007

CBE 1974

Born 30 Aug. 1906; d of late N. B. Harman, FRCS, and Katherine (née Chamberlain); m 1931, Hon. F. A. Pakenham (later 7th Earl of Longford, KG, PC; he ...