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Mark Walport has an overwhelming case for election both for his earlier scientific work on the immunology of systemic LE and the role of complement and of defective apoptosis in its pathogenesis; and, as a general candidate, for his achievements as head of medicine at the Hammersmith Campus of Imperial College and since 2003 as Director of the ...
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 ...
Sir Mark Walport, 2013–2017; Sir Chris Whitty (interim), 2017–2018; Sir Patrick Vallance, 4 April 2018–2023; Dame Angela McLean, 2023–present [4] See also.
People in this list have changed English Wikipedia for the better in some way. While generally a few hundred edits is considered reason enough for their inclusion, special circumstances ( example ) can be taken into account, and how you feel about their efforts to make the world a better place through this project should be considered when ...
Post-mortem photograph of Emperor Frederick III of Germany, 1888. Post-mortem photograph of Brazil's deposed emperor Pedro II, taken by Nadar, 1891.. The invention of the daguerreotype in 1839 made portraiture commonplace, as many of those who were unable to afford the commission of a painted portrait could afford to sit for a photography session.
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Mark Lifman (1965–2024) was a South African businessman associated with organized crime in Cape Town. Known for his involvement in nightclub security and alleged protection rackets , Lifman faced multiple serious charges over the years, including murder, attempted murder, money laundering, gang-related offences, and tax evasion. [ 1 ]
Wellcome family portrait, c. 1875–1877. Henry standing left. Unknown photographer. The Wellcome Collection, London. Wellcome was born in a frontier log cabin in what would later become Almond, Wisconsin, to Rev. S. C. Wellcome, an itinerant missionary who travelled and preached in a covered wagon, and Mary Curtis Wellcome.