Ashford, Kent, England

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Ashford, Kent, England

LOCATION

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

Population:
105,907 (2003 estimate)

BIRTHS

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Frederick Forsyth Novelist 25-Aug-1938 The Day of the Jackal

Steven Mithen Archaeologist 16-Oct-1960 After the Ice

Mark Rylance Actor 18-Jan-1960 Bridge of Spies

Malcolm Sargent Conductor 29-Apr-1895 3-Oct-1967 Conductor, BBC Symphony, 1950-57

John Wallis Mathematician 23-Nov-1616 28-Oct-1703 Arithmetica Infinitorum

DEATHS

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Alfred Austin Poet 30-May-1835 2-Jun-1913 Poet Laureate of England, 1892-1913

Simone Weil Philosopher 3-Feb-1909 24-Aug-1943 The Iliad, or the Poem of Force

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