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Vera Jackson (July 21, 1911 – January 26, 1999) was a "pioneer woman photographer in the black press". [ 1 ] [ 2 ] She photographed African-American social life and celebrity culture in 1930s and 1940s Los Angeles.
Pope John Paul II was the subject of three premature obituaries.. A prematurely reported obituary is an obituary of someone who was still alive at the time of publication. . Examples include that of inventor and philanthropist Alfred Nobel, whose premature obituary condemning him as a "merchant of death" for creating military explosives may have prompted him to create the Nobel Prize; [1 ...
The feature was introduced on March 8, 2018, for International Women's Day, when the Times published fifteen obituaries of such "overlooked" women, and has since become a weekly feature in the paper. The project was created by Amisha Padnani, the digital editor of the obituaries desk, [1] and Jessica Bennett, the paper's gender editor. In its ...
Vera Page: 10 United Kingdom On December 14, 1931, the 10-year-old student was reported missing after failing to return to her home in Notting Hill, London. Two days later, her body was found on Addison Road, showing signs that she had been raped and manually strangled. While a suspect was arrested in her murder, he was released due to ...
Clara Jackson (died 1939) 1939-02-25 Q75666438: 0 Clara Kate Brown: Birth: 23 October 1862; Death: 27 February 1939 1862 1862-10-23 1939 1939-02-27 Q109885992: 0 Clara Kirstein: German Jewish art collector (1885-1939), suicide 1885-05-18 1939-06-29 Q95688106: 0 Clara Morando: 1859 1939-08-20 New Rochelle: Q110876470: 0 Clara Vilhelmine Carl ...
John M. Perkins (born June 16, 1930) is an American Christian minister, civil rights activist, and author.He is the founder and president emeritus of the John & Vera Mae Perkins Foundation with his wife, Vera Mae Perkins.
Dame Vera Lynn: 1917–2020: 103: British actress, singer and songwriter [94] Wade Mainer: 1907–2011: 104: American country music singer and banjoist [95] Léo Marjane: 1912–2016: 104: French singer [96] Draga Matković: 1907–2013: 105: German classical pianist [97] Sir Robert Mayer: 1879–1985: 105: German-born British music patron and ...
Vera McCord was born in Marshalltown, Iowa (the date varies in sources), the daughter of George Brown McCord and Clara Sophrona Smalley McCord. [1] [2] Her father was a veteran of the American Civil War, and her mother was said to be a niece of American president Andrew Jackson. [3]