TOWN

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

Population:
143,096 (2001 census)

SCHOOLS

School	Founded
University of Reading	1892

COMPANY HEADQUARTERS

Company	Founded
BG Group	1997

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Karl Blake	Musician	5-Dec-1956		Imp of the perverse
Charlie Brooker	TV Personality	3-Mar-1971		British satirist, Screenwipe
Vincent Crane	Musician	21-May-1943	14-Feb-1989	Atomic Rooster and Arthur Brown keyboardist
Natalie Dormer	Actor	11-Feb-1982		Anne Boleyn on The Tudors
Ricky Gervais	Actor	25-Jun-1961		The Office
William Laud	Religion	7-Oct-1573	10-Jan-1645	Archbishop of Canterbury, 1633-45
Patrick Malahide	Actor	24-Mar-1945		Alleyn Mysteries
Sam Mendes	Film Director	1-Aug-1965		American Beauty
Kate Middleton	Relative	9-Jan-1982		Wife of Prince William
Pippa Middleton	Socialite	6-Sep-1983		Sister of Kate Middleton
Cormac Cardinal Murphy-O'Connor	Religion	24-Aug-1932		Archbishop of Westminster
Mike Oldfield	Musician	15-May-1953		Composer, Tubular Bells
Goldwin Smith	Historian	13-Aug-1823	7-Jun-1910	Controversialist
Richard Vernon	Actor	7-Mar-1925	4-Dec-1997	Oldenshaw on The Man in Room 17

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
George Cole	Actor	22-Apr-1925	5-Aug-2015	Arthur Daley on Minder

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