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Canterbury, Kent, England
LOCATION
Official Website:
http://www.canterbury.gov.uk/
Population:
42,258 (2001)
SCHOOLS
BIRTHS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
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| Orlando Bloom |
Actor |
13-Jan-1977 |
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Lord of the Rings |
| Margot Grahame |
Actor |
20-Feb-1911 |
1-Jan-1982 |
The Informer |
| Hugh Hopper |
Bassist |
29-Apr-1945 |
7-Jun-2009 |
Soft Machine bassist |
DEATHS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
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| St. Augustine of Canterbury |
Religion |
? |
26-May-604 AD |
First Archbishop of Canterbury |
| H. E. Bates |
Novelist |
16-May-1905 |
29-Jan-1974 |
The Jacaranda Tree |
| Thomas Becket |
Religion |
c. 1118 |
29-Dec-1170 |
Archbishop of Canterbury, 1162-70 |
| Joseph Conrad |
Author |
3-Dec-1857 |
3-Aug-1924 |
Heart of Darkness |
| Orlando Gibbons |
Composer |
1583 |
5-Jun-1625 |
Late Tudor composer and organist |
| Mo Mowlam |
Politician |
18-Sep-1949 |
19-Aug-2005 |
Former Labour MP |
| Kate O'Brien |
Novelist |
3-Dec-1897 |
13-Aug-1974 |
The Land of Spices |
| George Porter |
Chemist |
6-Dec-1920 |
31-Aug-2002 |
Rapid chemical and biological processes |
| George Rawlinson |
Historian |
23-Nov-1812 |
7-Oct-1902 |
The Five Great Monarchies of the Ancient Eastern World |
| William Warham |
Religion |
c. 1450 |
22-Aug-1532 |
Archbishop of Canterbury, 1504-32 |
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