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Jean Améry (31 October 1912 – 17 October 1978), born Hanns Chaim Mayer, was an Austrian-born essayist whose work was often informed by his experiences during World War II. His most celebrated work, At the Mind's Limits: Contemplations by a Survivor on Auschwitz and Its Realities (1966), suggests that torture was "the essence" of the Third ...
Jean Améry (1912–1978), Austrian author; John Amery (1912–1945), British fascist, executed for treason; Julian Amery, Baron Amery of Lustleigh, British Conservative politician; Leo Amery (1873–1955), British Conservative politician, Secretary of State for India, father of John and Julian; Les Amery (1934–1999), former Australian rules ...
Harold Julian Amery, Baron Amery of Lustleigh, PC (27 March 1919 – 3 September 1996) was a British Conservative Party politician, who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) for 39 of the 42 years between 1950 and 1992. He was appointed to the Privy Council in 1960. Amery was created a life peer upon his retirement from the House of Commons in
Jean Marian Purdy (25 April 1945 – 16 March 1985) was a British nurse, embryologist and pioneer of fertility treatment. She was responsible with Robert Edwards and Patrick Steptoe for developing in vitro fertilisation .
Toomer's father soon abandoned his wife and his young son, returning to Georgia seeking to obtain a portion of his late second wife's estate. Nina divorced him and took back her maiden name of Pinchback; she and her son returned to live with her parents in Washington D.C. Angered by her husband's abandonment, Nina's father insisted that they use another name for her son and started calling him ...
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One of Hollywood's original "scream queens" lives a much quieter life these days. Pamela Franklin made her film debut at 11 years old in "The Innocents" (1961), launching an acting career that ...
Upon marriage, Kudnarto took the name Mary Ann Adams. [1] The couple lived at Wongalere, a homestead around 5 km (3.1 mi) south of the present town of Williamstown. [10] Reserves of land had been set aside for Aboriginal people to occupy and conduct agricultural activities on, but many of these were leased to colonists.