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Scottish actor Sir Sean Connery and English singer Dame Vera Lynn are among the new entrants in the Oxford Dictionary Of National Biography’s latest update.
The biographies of 276 people, who left their mark on the UK and also died in the year 2020, have been added to the reference collection.
Spy writer John Le Carre, Nobel Peace prize winner John Hume, former footballer Jack Charlton, actresses Dame Diana Rigg and Dame Barbara Windsor and Monty Python troupe member Terry Jones are also among those featured in the new edition.
Sir Sean’s entry says he “left school at 13, taking a succession of labouring jobs, joining the Royal Navy, and winning a bronze medal in the Mr Universe contest before finding his metier as an actor”.
After becoming the first actor to play James Bond on the big screen in Dr No, it says he was “determined not to be typecast” and was a “proud Scotsman, he started the Scottish International Investment Trust and was a long-time supporter of the Scottish
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I didn't see this announcement posted, though, and for those who
haven't had access before, like me, it promises an interesting weekend
with some film directors, writers, actors, and cetera. --Judy
Oxford DNB is marking its first anniversary with three days' free
access to the complete online dictionary. Between Friday 23rd and
Sunday 25th September non-subscribers can search and browse articles
on 55,000 dock and women who shaped all aspects of the British past
from the fourth century BC to 2001.
The dictionary -- together with its new online reference material
('Themes') -- provides numerous opportunities for research into
British history, both within the British Isles and overseas, through
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