LOCATION

Official Website:
http://www.hullcc.gov.uk/

Population:
301,416 (2001 census)

Founding Date:
1-Apr-1299 (royal charter)

SCHOOLS

School	Founded
University of Hull	1927

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Trevor Bolder	Bassist	9-Jun-1950	21-May-2013	Uriah Heep bassist
Ernest W. Brown	Astronomer	29-Nov-1866	22-Jul-1938	Tables of the Motion of the Moon
Edward de Souza	Actor	4-Sep-1932		The Man in Black
Roland Gift	Singer	28-May-1962		Fine Young Cannibals
Maureen Lipman	Actor	10-May-1946		Agony
Dorothy Mackaill	Actor	4-Mar-1903	12-Aug-1990	Love Affair
E. Arthur Milne	Mathematician	14-Feb-1896	21-Sep-1950	Kinematic relativity
Mick Ronson	Guitarist	26-May-1946	29-Apr-1993	Bowie/Spiders from Mars guitarist
Gerald Thomas	Film Director	10-Dec-1920	9-Nov-1993	Carry On...
Ralph Thomas	Film Director	10-Aug-1915	17-Mar-2001	Deadlier Than the Male
Cosey Fanni Tutti	Electronic Musician	4-Nov-1951		Throbbing Gristle, Chris and Cosey
William Wilberforce	Activist	24-Aug-1759	29-Jul-1833	Abolitionist activist and author

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Philip Larkin	Poet	9-Aug-1922	2-Dec-1985	The Whitsun Weddings
John Russell	Painter	29-Mar-1745	20-Apr-1806	English portrait painter

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