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Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a Time Lord—a time travelling, humanoid alien known as the Doctor. He explores the universe in his 'TARDIS', a sentient time-travelling space ship. Its exterior appears as a blue British police box, a common sight in Britain in 1963, when the series first aired. Along with a...
Notable Victorians=Lots of changes took place during the Victorian era (1837 to 1901), and many people made important contributions to Victorian society in a wide variety of different ways. This project will help to learn more about some of these notable Victorians:>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Queen Victoria ==Notable Victorian Scots==* Alexander Graham Bell * Robert Louis Stevenson ...
British celebrities have made a profound impact in all areas of the entertainment industry. including literature, music, film and television, as well as international sports. They command a great degree of public fascination and influence the everyday lives of peoples throughout the world.=Sub-Projects* British Film Actors * British Television Actors * British Stage Actors * Modern British Musi...
British Film Actors This is a list of notable actresses and male actors from the United Kingdom. This list includes acting people of film, radio, stage and television. Please take the time to link GENi profiles to the names in the following lists (using bold links) , and add unlisted British film actors and actresses who are not yet included. How to add a link is explained in the document - Ad...
The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) is a drama school in London, England that provides training for film, television and theatre. It is one of the oldest and most prestigious drama schools in the United Kingdom, founded in 1904 by Herbert Beerbohm Tree.RADA is an affiliate school of the Conservatoire for Dance and Drama. Its higher education awards are validated by King's College London (K...
British Television Actors The following list is from Wikipedia. Please add any British Television Actors and Actresses to this project. Names below in bold are links to profiles on Geni. A Amanda Abbington (born 1974) Joss Ackland (born 1928) Mark Addy (born 1964) Adele (born 1988) Jenny Agutter (born 1952) Freema Agyeman (born 1979) Caroline Aherne (1963–2016) Laura Aikman (b...
British Writers: D - G This project is a place to gather together profiles of British born writers of all genres. Those with bold links have profiles on Geni. Links that are not bold are to other sources. Names are arranged alphabetically and spread across 6 projects to handle the numbers. (The arrowed buttons below are linked to the other pages).
British slave owners “The #FridayFact was not only wrongly judged, in numerous respects it was just wrong.” THE LONG ROAD TO ABOLITION ■ In 1807, parliament passed the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act, effective throughout the British empire. ■ It wasn’t until 1838 that slavery was abolished in British colonies through the Slavery Abolition Act, giving all slaves in the British empire thei...
20th Century British Politicians = Image Right - James Callaghan (1912-2005) served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1976 to 1979 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1976 to 1980 ===== Image Public Domain, Wiki Commons This is a huge project as this list only represents MPs elected in 1945. There will of course be overlap over the years but still a massive undertaking. We welcome a...
The British Academy Film Awards and the British Academy Television Awards , collectively known as the BAFTA Awards , are presented annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA).=Film categories===Current awards==* BAFTA Award for Best Film: since 1948* BAFTA Award for Best British Film: since 1948* BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language: since 1983* BAFTA Aw...
Project contact: Private User British Broadcasting Corporation ( BBC ) is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters are at Broadcasting House in Westminster, London, and it is the world's oldest national broadcasting organisation and the largest broadcaster in the world by number of employees. It employs over 20,950 staff in total, 16,672 of whom are in public sector broadcasting. ...
British Comedians=Britain over the years has produced many great comedians.Thinking of Tommy Cooper, David Jason, Spike Milligan and many others.==Scope==The scope of this project is to create a comprehensive list off all British born comedians of all genres of comedy. All genres are included because this project uses the word "comedian" in its broadest possible sense.==How can you help?==*Firs...
Dunera Boys / Internees===The hired Military Transport Dunera was a British passenger ship built as a troop transport in the late 1930s.As the storm clouds of war gathered in the late 1930s, thousands of German refugees - either Jewish or politically opposed to the Nazis - fled to Britain for sanctuary. Little did many of them know they would soon be deported to Australia in one of the more not...
Umbrella Project for the Politicians of Great Britain.=Pictured right: Benjamin Disraeli Please also add profiles to the apporpriate sub-project(s) associated with this umbrella project.== Projects under this umbrella: == 16th Century Members of Parliament 17th Century Members of Parliament 18th Century Members of Parliament 19th Century Members of Parliament 20th Century Members of Parliament ...
The Royal Navy (RN) Founded in 1660>>"In times of conflict or peace, the Royal Navy is key to the prosperity of Britain and the stability of the high seas. Explore our role on the global stage."===== Images; Right - "Peter Pomegranate" sister ship of the "Mary Rose " Photo by Gerry Bye. Original by Anthony Anthony. - Anthony Roll as reproduced in The Anthony Roll of Henry VIII's Navy: Pepys Li...
ENGLAND, United Kingdom - Place Projects=This is a sub-project of International Places Project Index Every person is born somewhere, marries, lives, works and dies somewhere. Places are a key component to family history research. This project aims to be the starting point in your search for a place in ENGLAND on Geni to discover more about your ancestors. If a place you are looking for in Engla...
21st Century British Politicians =Because it is a contemporary list of people they will all be living. I would therefore suggest that the earlier centuries are a higher priority.Picture to right - Tessa Jane Helen Douglas Jowell, Baroness Jowell , DBE, PC (née Palmer; 17 September 1947 – 12 May 2018) was a British Labour politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Dulwich and West Norw...
Black soldiers served in the First World War, just as they served in the Civil War (on both sides), and the Spanish American War.The war started in 1914 and ended in 1918, mostly in Europe, but also spread to the Far East and Africa. The United States did not get involved until 1917, when president Woodrow Wilson declared war on Germany. * My wife's great uncle, Willie B. Daniel, served in this...
18th Century British Politicians Image Right - George Waldegrave, 4th Earl Waldegrave, Viscount Chewton , PC, ADC (23 November 1751 – 22 October 1789) British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1774 to 1780. Image by Richard Earlom - Public Domain, Wiki Commons It would be most helpful if when adding a profile you could please add it also to the alphabetical list below a...
Anglo Boer War (1899-1902) British Armed Forces ( Officers )===Also known as The South African War Image Right - Boer War Memorial in St John's Gardens in Liverpool.>===== Geograph © Copyright Philip Halling and licensed for reuse under Creative Commons Licence . A Project aiming to include the profiles of the Britishofficers who fought in Anglo Boer War in South Africa. (1899-1902). Please ad...
19th Century British Politicians Picture to right: General George Anson (1769-1849) British officer and politician who sat for many years as a Whig Member of Parliament. Image by Thomas Barber - BBC Your Paintings (now available by Art UK), Public Domain, Wiki Commons The list below is from Wikipedia UK MPs 1801–02 . Although there will be duplications through the years this is still ...
British Artists===== Image right - J. M. W. Turner, The Fighting Temeraire tugged to her last berth to be broken up, 1839 - National Gallery of Art, Public Domain, Wiki Commons The object of this project is to compile a list British artists and to link them to GENi profiles where possible.Some artists who were not born in the United Kingdom may have worked in Britain and are included if approp...
1918 lnfluenza Pandemic - British Isles: Survivors="I had a little bird its name was Enza I opened the window, And in-flu-enza."(1918 children’s playground rhyme) Pleased add to this project any profiles of survivors of the 1918 "Spanish Flu" pandemic resident in the UK"To participate in any project - you do need to first be a collaborator - so please join the project using the request link und...
1918 Influenza pandemic - British Isles: Fatalities=I had a little bird its name was Enza I opened the window, And in-flu-enza."(1918 children’s playground rhyme) Please add to this project any profiles of those who perished in the' Spanish Flu' pandemic of 1918To participate in any project- you do need to first be a collaborator - so please join the project using the request link under "action...
Notables of Welsh background===Before 1200==* Rhodri Mawr 820-878* Llywelyn the Great 1172-1240* Gwladys Ddu 1194-1251==1200-1699==* Cydafael Ynnyd 1212--* Owain Glyndwr (Owen Glendower) 1349-1415* Dafydd Gam (Davy Gam) 1351-1415* Einion Sais 1380--