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List Of British Jews: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of British Jews - Political Figures
List of British Jews - MPs.
British Members of Parliament listed chronologically by first election date (in brackets):
Benjamin Disrae...
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Victor Gollancz: Encyclopedia - Victor Gollancz
Victor Gollancz (April 9, 1893–February 8, 1967) was a British publisher, socialist, and humanitarian.
Born in London, he was the son o...
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Brian David Josephson: Encyclopedia - Brian David Josephson
Brian David Josephson (born Cardiff, Wales, UK, January 4, 1940) is a British physicist whose discovery of the Josephson effect as a 22-y...
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Malcolm Rifkind: Encyclopedia Ii - Malcolm Rifkind - Biography
Rifkind was born to a Jewish family in Edinburgh, and was educated at George Watson's College. He first entered Parliament representing E...
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Elias Canetti: Encyclopedia Ii - Elias Canetti - Life
Born in Rustschuk (now Ruse, Bulgaria) to a Jewish family who had long worked in trade, he spent his child years from 1905 to 1911 in Rus...
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Olivia Newton-john: Encyclopedia Ii - Olivia Newton-john - Career
Olivia Newton-John - Early career.
By the age of 15, Newton-John had formed an all-girl band, Sol Four, and soon was a regular on local...
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Jack Straw Politician: Encyclopedia Ii - Jack Straw Politician - Biography
Born in West Essex, and brought up by a single mother on a council estate, he was educated at Brentwood School (where he took the name "J...
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History Of The Jews In England: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Jews In England - Early History
History of the Jews in England - William I to Henry I: 1066–1135.
There is no evidence of Jews residing in England before the Norman ...
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Peter Benenson: Encyclopedia Ii - Peter Benenson - Biography
Born in London, his army officer father died while Benenson was still young, and he was tutored privately by W. H. Auden before going to ...
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Max Born: Encyclopedia Ii - Max Born - Education And Early Work
Initially educated at the König-Wilhelm-Gymnasium, Born went on to study at the University of Breslau followed by Heidelberg University ...
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Olivia Newton-john: Encyclopedia Ii - Olivia Newton-john - Musical Recordings
Olivia Newton-John - Billboard Hot 100 placements.
Only Top Ten hits from the Billboard Hot 100 are included in this list.
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Olivia Newton-john: Encyclopedia Ii - Olivia Newton-john - Early Life
Olivia Newton-John, OBE is the granddaughter of Max Born, a German Jewish Nobel prize-winning physicist (although Olivia herself is a chr...
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History Of The Jews In England: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Jews In England - Modern Times
History of the Jews in England - Through the First World War.
From the 1880s through the early part of the 20th century, massive pogrom...
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Olivia Newton-john: Encyclopedia Ii - Olivia Newton-john - Musical Recordings
Olivia Newton-John - Billboard Hot 100 placements.
Only Top Ten hits from the Billboard Hot 100 are included in this list.
"Let Me Be ...
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History Of The Jews In England: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Jews In England - Resettlement Period 1655-1800s
History of the Jews in England - Hidden Jews in England.
Main article: History of the Marranos in England
Toward the middle of the se...
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History Of The Jews In England: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Jews In England - The Expulsion 1290
After the experience in Jewish legislation which Edward I had from 1269 onward, there was only one answer he could give as a true son of ...
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History Of The Jews In England: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Jews In England - Modern Times
History of the Jews in England - Through the First World War.
From the 1880s through the early part of the 20th century, massive pogrom...
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Max Born: Encyclopedia Ii - Max Born - Career
In 1919 after a period in the German army he became a professor at the University of Frankfurt am Main, and then professor at Göttingen,...
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Olivia Newton-john: Encyclopedia Ii - Olivia Newton-john - Personal Life
Newton-John was married to Matt Lattanzi from 1984 to 1995. There is one child from this marriage, Chloe Rose Lattanzi, born in 1986. Chl...
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Olivia Newton-john: Encyclopedia Ii - Olivia Newton-john - Early Life
Olivia Newton-John, OBE is the granddaughter of Max Born, a German Jewish Nobel prize-winning physicist who fled from 1930s Germany with ...
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Alicia Markova: Encyclopedia - Alicia Markova
Dame Alicia Markova DBE (1 December 1910 – 2 December 2004) was an English prima ballerina.
She was born Lillian Alicia Marks to well-o...
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Peter Taylor Baron Taylor Of Gosforth: Encyclopedia Ii - Peter Taylor Baron Taylor Of Gosforth - Famous Cases
Taylor attracted attention from 1973 when he appeared for the prosecution in several cases connected to the corrupt architect John Poulso...
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Peter Mandelson: Encyclopedia Ii - Peter Mandelson - Early Life
Mandelson was born in London in 1953 and educated at Hendon County Grammar School (now Hendon School). He is the grandson of Herbert Morr...
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Peter Taylor Baron Taylor Of Gosforth: Encyclopedia Ii - Peter Taylor Baron Taylor Of Gosforth - Court Of Appeal
In 1988 Taylor was promoted to the Court of Appeal. There he became known to the public when he was commissioned by the government to und...
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Peter Taylor Baron Taylor Of Gosforth: Encyclopedia Ii - Peter Taylor Baron Taylor Of Gosforth - Lord Chief Justice
Where Lane had been extremely reticent about giving interviews, Taylor was determined to be as open as possible. Not only did he start hi...
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Peter Mandelson: Encyclopedia Ii - Peter Mandelson - Second Resignation
In January 2001, it was claimed that Mandelson had phoned Home Office minister Mike O'Brien on behalf of Srichand Hinduja, an Indian busi...
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Peter Taylor Baron Taylor Of Gosforth: Encyclopedia Ii - Peter Taylor Baron Taylor Of Gosforth - Judge
Taylor had been first appointed a Recorder (part-time Judge) in 1969 and served as a Recorder in the Crown Court from 1972. After serving...
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Peter Mandelson: Encyclopedia Ii - Peter Mandelson - Work With Tony Blair
Disappointingly for Mandelson, he had little influence over John Smith during his leadership of the Labour Party, although he made severa...
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Peter Mandelson: Encyclopedia Ii - Peter Mandelson - European Commission
Accepting that, despite his exoneration by the Hammond Inquiry, a reappointment to the Cabinet was not a practical possibility, Mandelson...
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Peter Mandelson: Encyclopedia Ii - Peter Mandelson - First Resignation
In December 1998 it was revealed that Mandelson had bought a home in Notting Hill in 1996 with the assistance of an interest-free indefin...
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Peter Mandelson: Encyclopedia Ii - Peter Mandelson - Cabinet Post
In 1998 Mandelson joined the Cabinet as Secretary of State for Trade and Industry. In his brief tenure of the post he gained the respect ...
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List Of British Jews: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of British Jews - Artists
List of British Jews - Fine arts.
Frank Auerbach [378], painter
Helaine Blumenfeld [379], sculptor
David Bomberg [380], painter
Sir An...
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List Of British Jews: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of British Jews - Sports
List of British Jews - Boxing.
Jackie Kid Berg [437], Junior Welterweight Champion (IBHOF)
Daniel Mendoza [438], 18th century Heavywei...
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List Of British Jews: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of British Jews - Writers
List of British Jews - Authors.
Grace Aguilar [320], novelist & poet
Lisa Appignanesi [321], novelist
Alain de Botton [322], write...
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List Of British Jews: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of British Jews - Business And The Professions
List of British Jews - Food.
Jack Cohen [397], founder of Tesco
Nigella Lawson [398], celebrity chef
List of British Jews - Retail. ...
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List Of British Jews: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of British Jews - Showbusiness
List of British Jews - Film actors.
Binnie Barnes, actress (Jewish father; converted to Roman Catholicism for second husband Mike Fran...
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List Of British Jews: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of British Jews - Scientists
See also: List of Jewish Fellows of the Royal Society
List of British Jews - Physicists.
Sir Michael Berry [48], mathematical physicis...
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List Of British Jews: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of British Jews - Academic Figures
List of British Jews - Philosophers.
Samuel Alexander [99], professor of philosophy at Manchester, born in Australia, the first Jewish...
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List Of British Jews: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of British Jews - Musicians
List of British Jews - Popular musicians.
Ambrose (bandleader) [250]
Nicole, Natalie Appleton & Melanie Blatt [251], members of Al...
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