Dictionary of National Biography, 1986-1990... With an Index covering the years 1901-1990

by C. S. Nicholls (Editor)

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  Hardcover
  1996

  $3.25

  Prominent individuals from all walks of national life who died between 1986 and 1990, can be found in this volume of The Dictionary of National Biography . The roll-call of distinguished persons range from gynaecologist Patrick Steptoe who delivered the first test-tube baby in 1978, to publisher Hamish Hamilton, football wing-half Joe Mercer, sculpter Henry Moore, and gardener Percy Thrower. Other entries include: public figures - Harold Macmillan, Robert Boothby and Michael Ramsay; comedians and entertainers - Max Wall, Tommy Trinder and Terry Thomas; actors - Rex Harrison, Margaret Lockwood and Trevor Howard; musicians - Jacqueline du Pr'e, John Ogdon and Peter Pears; and writers - Bruce Chatwin, Noel Streatfield, Daphne du Maurier and Christopher Isherwood.