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Academics of the University of Birmingham

  • Edward ElgarEdward Elgar was born on the 2nd of June 1857 in Lower Broadheath, a small village near Worcester. His father William Henry Elgar worked as a piano tuner and…
  • Eric IvesEric William Ives entered the world on the 12th of July 1931 in Romford, Essex. He grew up within a Plymouth Brethren family that shaped his early years.
  • Stuart Hall (cultural theorist)Stuart Henry McPhail Hall was born on the 3rd of February 1932 in Kingston, Colony of Jamaica. He entered a middle-class family where his father Herman…
  • Ken DowdenKen Dowden arrived in the world during 1950. His family roots lay firmly within Newcastle upon Tyne. This industrial city on the River Tyne shaped his early…
  • Tom ShippeyThomas Alan Shippey entered the world on the 9th of September 1943 in Calcutta, British India. His father Ernest worked as an engineer while his mother…