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People From Islington (district)
The following is a list of those who were born in the London Borough of Islington, or have dwelt within the borders of the modern borough ''(in alphabetical order)'': * Adebayo Akinfewa (born 1982), English footballer * Jonny Buckland (born 1977), guitarist and songwriter, born in Islington and raised in Pantymwyn, Wales * Caroline Chisholm (1808–1877), lived at 32 Charlton Place * Daisy Edgar-Jones (born 1998), British actor, critically acclaimed for work in '' Normal People'', '' Where the Crawdads Sing'', '' Twisters'', and '' Under the Banner of Heaven'' * Colin Firth (born 1960), actor * Princess Märtha Louise of Norway (born 1971), who lived in Islington from 2012 to 2014 * Noah Jupe (born 2005), actor best-known for his work in the post-apocalyptic monster horror film ''A Quiet Place'' (2018), the drama film '' Honey Boy'' (2019) and the psychological thriller miniseries '' The Undoing'' (2020). * Eddie Linden (1935–2023), Scottish poet and editor, lived in Archway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London Borough Of Islington
The London Borough of Islington ( ) is a London borough, borough in North London, England. Forming part of Inner London, Islington has an estimated population of 215,667. It was formed in 1965, under the London Government Act 1963, by the amalgamation of the Metropolitan boroughs of the County of London, metropolitan boroughs of Metropolitan Borough of Islington, Islington and Metropolitan Borough of Finsbury, Finsbury. The new entity remains the List of English districts by area, second smallest borough in London and the third-smallest Districts of England, district in England. The borough contains two Westminster United Kingdom Parliament constituencies, parliamentary constituencies; Islington North, represented by former Labour Party (UK), Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn, and Islington South & Finsbury represented by Labour Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), MP Emily Thornberry. The local authority is Islington Council. The borough is home to Association football, footb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Undoing
''The Undoing'' is an American mystery psychological thriller television miniseries based on the 2014 novel ''You Should Have Known'' by Jean Hanff Korelitz. It was written and produced by David E. Kelley and directed by Susanne Bier. The miniseries stars Nicole Kidman and Hugh Grant and premiered on HBO on October 25, 2020. ''The Undoing'' was the first HBO show to gain viewership every week over the course of the season, and was the biggest American series to launch on Sky in the United Kingdom, beating the record previously held by ''Game of Thrones''. It was the most-watched show on HBO in 2020. The series received mixed reviews, with critics praising the performances (particularly Kidman and Grant), cinematography and production design, but some criticizing the writing, pace and characterization. Cast and characters * Nicole Kidman as Grace Fraser * Hugh Grant as Jonathan Fraser * Noah Jupe as Henry Fraser * Lily Rabe as Sylvia Steinetz * Édgar Ramírez as Detective ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Guardian
''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in Manchester in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'' and changed its name in 1959, followed by a move to London. Along with its sister paper, ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Guardian Media Group, owned by the Scott Trust Limited. The trust was created in 1936 to "secure the financial and editorial independence of ''The Guardian'' in perpetuity and to safeguard the journalistic freedom and liberal values of ''The Guardian'' free from commercial or political interference". The trust was converted into a limited company in 2008, with a constitution written so as to maintain for ''The Guardian'' the same protections as were built into the structure of the Scott Trust by its creators. Profits are reinvested in its journalism rather than distributed to owners or shareholders. It is considered a newspaper of record in the UK. The editor-in-chief Katharine Viner succeeded Alan Rusbridger in 2015. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City And Islington College
City and Islington College (CANDI) is a further education college in the London Borough of Islington, England, established in 1993. The college has four major centres throughout the borough, including a dedicated sixth form centre. It is part of Capital City College Group, alongside Westminster Kingsway College and The College of Haringey, Enfield and North East London, which altogether have 25,000 students in 2020. History The college was formed in 1993 through a merger of the City and East London College, North London College, Islington Adult Education Service and Islington Sixth Form College, which operated over 13 sites across Islington, Hackney and Tower Hamlets. In 2005 the college completed a £64 million building programme, which was the biggest investment in accommodation in the history of further education in the United Kingdom. Alongside the development of the new buildings, the management of teaching and learning was reorganised, and the five centres emerged. On ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Oyelowo
David Oyetokunbo Oyelowo ( ; ; born 1 April 1976) is a British actor, director and producer. His accolades include a Critics' Choice Award and two NAACP Image Awards as well as nominations for three Golden Globe Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a BAFTA Award. In 2016, he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for his services to drama. Oyelowo rose to prominence for portraying Martin Luther King Jr. in the biographical drama film '' Selma'' (2014) and Peter Snowden in the HBO film ''Nightingale'' (2014), both of which garnered him critical acclaim. He also achieved praise for his roles as Louis Gaines in '' The Butler'' (2013), Seretse Khama in '' A United Kingdom'' (2016) and Robert Katende in '' Queen of Katwe'' (2016). He has also played supporting roles in the films '' Rise of the Planet of the Apes'' (2011), ''The Help'' (2011), '' Lincoln'' (2012), '' Red Tails'' (2012), and '' Jack Reacher'' (2012). On ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanford University
Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University, is a Private university, private research university in Stanford, California, United States. It was founded in 1885 by railroad magnate Leland Stanford (the eighth List of governors of California, governor of and then-incumbent List of United States senators from California, United States senator representing California) and his wife, Jane Stanford, Jane, in memory of their only child, Leland Stanford Jr., Leland Jr. The university admitted its first students in 1891, opening as a Mixed-sex education, coeducational and non-denominational institution. It struggled financially after Leland died in 1893 and again after much of the campus was damaged by the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. Following World War II, university Provost (education), provost Frederick Terman inspired an entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial culture to build a self-sufficient local industry (later Silicon Valley). In 1951, Stanfor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coursera
Coursera Inc. () is an American global massive open online course provider. It was founded in 2012 by Stanford University computer science professors Andrew Ng and Daphne Koller. Coursera works with universities and other organizations to offer online courses, certifications, and degrees in a variety of subjects. On February 2, 2021, Coursera announced its B Corporation certification from B Lab and its transformation into a Public Benefit Corporation. , more than 300 universities and companies were offering courses through Coursera, and , the number of courses available had risen to approximately 7,000. History Coursera was founded in 2012 by Stanford University computer science professors Andrew Ng and Daphne Koller. Ng and Koller started offering their Stanford courses online in fall 2011, and soon after left Stanford to launch Coursera. Princeton, Stanford, the University of Michigan, and the University of Pennsylvania were the first universities to offer content on t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Ng
Andrew Yan-Tak Ng (; born April 18, 1976) is a British-American computer scientist and Internet Entrepreneur, technology entrepreneur focusing on machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI). Ng was a cofounder and head of Google Brain and was the former Chief Scientist at Baidu, building the company's Artificial Intelligence Group into a team of several thousand people. Ng is an adjunct professor at Stanford University (formerly associate professor and Director of its Stanford AI Lab or SAIL). Ng has also worked in the field of online education, cofounding Coursera and DeepLearning.AI. He has spearheaded many efforts to "democratize deep learning" teaching over 8 million students through his online courses. Ng is renowned globally in computer science, recognized in Time (magazine), Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People in 2012 and Fast Company, Fast Company's Most Creative People in 2014. His influence extends to being named in the Time 100, Time100 AI Most Influenti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The National Archives (United Kingdom)
The National Archives (TNA; ) is a non-ministerial government department, non-ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom. Its parent department is the Department for Culture, Media and Sport of the United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. It is the official National archives, national archive of the UK Government and for England and Wales; and "guardian of some of the nation's most iconic documents, dating back more than 1,000 years." There are separate national archives for Scotland (the National Records of Scotland) and Northern Ireland (the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland). TNA was formerly four separate organisations: the Public Record Office (PRO), the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts, Historical Manuscripts Commission, the Office of Public Sector Information (OPSI) and Office of Public Sector Information, His Majesty's Stationery Office (HMSO). The Public Record Office still exists as a legal entity, as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barnsbury
Barnsbury is an area of north London in the London Borough of Islington, within the N1 and N7 postal districts. History The name is a syncopated form of ''Bernersbury'' (1274), being so called after the Berners family: powerful medieval manorial lords who gained ownership of a large part of Islington after the Norman Conquest. The area of Barnsbury was predominantly rural until the early 19th century. By the end of the 18th century, Barnsbury, like other parts of Islington, was regarded as an attractive part-rural suburb by the comparatively wealthy people wanting to move out of the cramped City of London and industrial Clerkenwell. The area is close to the city, and had strong local trade in its position as the first staging post for travellers making the journey from London to the north, and with considerable agricultural traffic and cattle driving to the nearby Smithfield cattle market in the city. Barnard Park, consisting of 10 acres (4 hectares) including a large ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivor Moreton
Ivor Moreton and Dave Kaye were an English musical variety double act who were known for performing syncopated piano duets together from the 1930s to the 1950s. The duo consisted of pianists Ivor Arthur Moreton (born Arthur Lethbridge; 18 March 1908 – 9 December 1984) and David "Dave" Kaye (born David Keigel; 13 March 1906 – 15 December 1996), who had both been members of Harry Roy's dance band, the act developing from Roy's small group, the Tiger Ragamuffins. They played at two pianos, usually with Kaye carrying the melody, and Moreton embellishing it. Ivor Moreton and Dave Kaye were a headline act in variety and radio, regularly appearing at venues run by Moss Empires, who were responsible for the largest chain of theatres and music halls in the UK. ''The Stage'' wrote of Moreton and Kaye that, "With their slick evening dress and immaculate stage appearance, they endeared themselves to lovers of light entertainment in a polished but unassuming way." Early lives David Kay ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blake Monroe
Mariah May Mead (born 4 August 1998) is an English professional wrestler. , she is signed to WWE, where she performs on the NXT brand under the ring name Blake Monroe. Mead first started as a professional wrestling ring announcer in 2018 before debuting as a wrestler under the ring name Mariah May in 2019, after which, she performed in independent promotions such as Revolution Pro Wrestling. She made her World Wonder Ring Stardom debut in 2022 and became a Goddesses of Stardom Champion with her Club Venus teammate, Mina Shirakawa. She then joined All Elite Wrestling (AEW) from 2023 to 2025, where she was a one-time AEW Women's World Champion. Early and personal life Mariah May Mead was born in London on 4 August 1998 and grew up in the Islington area. Mead's original ring name, Mariah May, is a tribute to her grandmother, who gave Mead's middle name and died before she started professional wrestling. Her other ring name, Blake Monroe, is a tribute to her niece and a referen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
