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Amelia Opie (1769–1853), Norwich author and Quaker convert [32] Henry Reeve (1813–1895), English journalist [33] Elizabeth Scott (1708–1776), poet, hymn-writer; W. G. Sebald (1944–2001), writer, professor of German literature at the University of East Anglia; John Palgrave Simpson (1807–1887), born in Norwich, prolific and successful ...
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The Whiffler Theatre, built in 1981, was given to the people of Norwich by the local newspaper group Eastern Daily Press. It is an open-air facility in Norwich Castle Gardens, with fixed-raked seating for up to 80 and standing for another 30 on the balcony. The stage is brick-built and has its dressing rooms set in a small building to stage left.
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The son of a coal merchant, Seago was born in Norwich [1] and attended Norwich School. [2] He was a self-taught artist (although he received advice from Sir Alfred Munnings and Bertram Priestman) and enjoyed a wide range of admirers from the British royal family and the Aga Khan to the common man.
He went on to found the Norwich Union Life Insurance Society in 1808. [1] After 1815, the post-war recession started to bite [3] and claims against the Society increased and he initially resisted many of those claims — some legitimately but others not. Eventually, his sons collaborated with the other directors to force him to retire. [1]
Statue of Lord Nelson in the Upper Close. Old Norvicensians (ONs) are former pupils of Norwich School, an independent co-educational day public school in Norwich, England.It was founded in 1096 as an episcopal school by the first Bishop of Norwich, Herbert de Losinga, and is one of the longest surviving schools in the United Kingdom.
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