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fl.1914
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14 Dec 1895-6 Feb 1952
King of the United Kingdom, 1936-1952
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1968-
Japanese shoe designer and maker. He came to London in 1988 and was an apprentice to John Moore's assistant Ian Reid. Kimura has continued to make shoes based on original lasts from John Moore which Reid inherited after Moore died.
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d.16 July 1926
In January, 1913, Louie Bagley was appointed Head of the Polytechnic School of Elocution (as it was then known) in conjunction with the late Captain George Goodes. Captain Goodes was killed in the War in 1915, and from that time Miss Bagley carried on alone. Under her guidance the School developed as the School of Speech Training and Dramatic Art.
She remained Head of the School of Speech Training and Dramatic Art until her death in 1926.
Wrote the following books:
Elocution Do's and Dont's
The Spoken Word
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1847-1920
One of the original governors of the Regent Street Polytechnic chosen by Quintin Hogg.
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d.1926
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1754-1827
Thomas Crewe Dod was the eldest son of Thomas Dod of Edge. The family had held Edge Hall in Malpas, Cheshire for hundreds of years. He married Anne, daughter of Ralph Sneyd of Keele, Staffordshire in 1786 and they had eight children. He joined the 16th Light Dragoons in 1775 as a Cornet, serving in America with them from 1776 to 1778. After returning to England he was made Captain with the 23rd Light Dragoons which in 1782 became the first British cavalry regiment to land in India. In 1786 after being promoted to Major, Dod resigned, leaving India to look after his estates in Cheshire.
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1868-4 Nov 1945
Joined the Institute in 1886, made an Associate in 1906.Member of the Rowing Club.
Editor of The Polytechnic Magazine from 1904-1939.
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16 Feb 1847-30 Jan 1923
Educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge.
Played football for the Wanderers and Old Etonians and played in nine FA Cup finals.
Was Treasurer of the Football Association (FA) and from 1890-1923 was its President.
Founding member of the Boys' Brigade in 1870 and President of the YMCA.
Became involved in the sporting activities of the Quintin Hogg's Castle Street Institute.
In 1909 the Kinnaird Trophy was introduced at the Regent Street Polytechnic for the inter-club athletic competition.
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10 Dec 1944-present
Lord Birt began his career at Granada Television in 1968, where he worked on World In Action. In 1971, Birt moved to London Weekend Television, becoming controller of Features and Current Affairs. He produced David Frost’s historic interviews with Richard Nixon and Kissinger and launched programmes such as Weekend World, the South Bank Show and Blind Date.
Birt was appointed Deputy Director-General at the BBC in 1987 with a remit to manage News and Current Affairs. He devised, with Michael Checkland (D-G 1987-1992), an internal market system, which encouraged producers to choose between BBC suppliers and the outside market for their facilities. He became Director General in 1992 and became a member of staff rather than a self-employed contractor. Birt restructured and modernised the corporation, imposing a policy of radical reform to deliver efficiency savings. He oversaw the BBC’s involvement with online and digital services and separated broadcasting and commissioning. His reforms and management style were unpopular but he is credited with securing the BBC’s future by negotiating a new charter for the corporation with the British government.
After leaving the BBC, Birt served as an advisor on Criminal Justice, then as an unpaid Strategic Adviser to Prime Minister Tony Blair from 2001-2005.
Birt was created a life peer as Baron Birt of Liverpool on 11 February 2000 and on 7th March 2000 took his seat in the House of Lords as a crossbencher.