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Name: The Dictionary of National Biography 1986--1990.
Author: Nicholls, C. S. / K. Thomas (eds.)
ISBN: 978-0-19-865212-0

The Dictionary of National Biography 1986--1990. 英国人名大事典（ＤＮＢ）

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著者・編者	Nicholls, C. S. / K. Thomas (eds.),
出版社	(Oxford U. Pr., UK)
出版年月	1996
ページ数	607 pp.
言語	ENG
ニュース番号	＜417-1＞

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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.