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Helen Taylor (other)
Lady Helen Taylor (born 1964) is a member of the British Royal family, daughter of Katharine, Duchess of Kent and Prince Edward, Duke of Kent. Helen Taylor may also refer to: * Helen Taylor (actress) (1898–1990), sister of American actress, singer, and animal rights activist Estelle Taylor * Helen Taylor (composer) (died 1950), wife of American concert pianist Grant Johannesen * Helen Taylor (feminist) (1831–1907), English feminist, writer and actress * Helen Taylor (writer) (1818–1885), English writer of books for children See also * Helen Taylor Thompson Helen Margaret Taylor Thompson , née Laurie Walker (7 August 1924 – 6 September 2020) was a British aid worker who co-founded Europe's first AIDS hospice. Life Helen was born to George Laurie Walker, Chairman of Africa Inland Mission, and He ...
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Lady Helen Taylor
Lady Helen Marina Lucy Taylor (''née'' Windsor; born 28 April 1964) is a member of the British royal family. She is the daughter of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, and Katharine, Duchess of Kent, and a great-granddaughter of George V. She is currently 48th in the line of succession to the British throne. Early life and youth Lady Helen was born in April 1964 at Coppins, a country house in Iver, Buckinghamshire, the only daughter of the Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, Duke and Katharine, Duchess of Kent, Duchess of Kent. She was christened on 6 June 1964 at the private chapel at Windsor Castle by the Dean of Windsor Rt. Rev. Robin Woods. Her godparents were Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon; Hon. Angus Ogilvy, Myra Butter, and Sir Philip Hay. She was educated at Eton End School in Datchet, then at St Mary's School, Wantage, and Gordonstoun. At Gordonstoun, she was one of 20 sixth form girls "in the robustly masculine environment of Gordonstoun," wrote Alan Hamilton. She was call ...
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Helen Taylor (actress)
Ida Estelle Taylor (May 20, 1894 – April 15, 1958) was an American actress who was the second of world heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey's four wives. With "dark-brown, almost black hair and brown eyes," she was regarded as one of the most beautiful silent film stars of the 1920s. After her stage debut in 1919, Taylor began appearing in small roles in World and Vitagraph films. She achieved her first success with '' While New York Sleeps'' (1920), in which she played three different roles, including a femme fatale, or "vamp." She was a contract player of Fox Film Corporation and, later, Paramount Pictures, but for the majority of her career she freelanced. She became famous and was commended by reviewers for her portrayals of historical women in important films: Miriam in '' The Ten Commandments'' (1923), Mary, Queen of Scots in ''Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall'' (1924), and Lucrezia Borgia in ''Don Juan'' (1926). Although she made a successful transition to sound films, she ret ...
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Helen Taylor (composer)
Helen Taylor Johannesen (August 24, 1915—October 5, 1950) was an American composer. Biography Helen Taylor, who died tragically in 1950, was a gifted and promising Juilliard-trained composer and the wife of pianist Grant Johannesen. Taylor grew up in Salt Lake City. She studied piano at the McCune School of Music. She received her BM from the University of Utah in 1937, her MM from Columbia Teachers College in 1941, and her degree in composition from Juilliard in 1945, where she completed a three-movement symphony. She worked at the Martha Graham Dance Company as a composition pianist and worked with Aaron Copland on "Appalachian Spring." In this role, she honed her skills as an improviser. In 1948, her violin sonata was recognized with a National Association of Composers and Conductors Award. She was killed in an auto collision. Helen Taylor Johannesen Scholarship Taylor's sister, Beverly Sorensen, established the Helen Taylor Johannesen Memorial Endowed Scholarship at ...
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Helen Taylor (feminist)
Helen Taylor (31 July 1831 – 29 January 1907) was an English feminist, writer and actress. She was the daughter of Harriet Taylor Mill and stepdaughter of John Stuart Mill. After the death of her mother she lived and worked with Mill, and together they promoted women's rights. From 1876 to 1884 (when she quit due to her health) she was a member of the London School Board. In 1881, she joined the Democratic Federation. She was a supporter of women's suffrage and joined a petition to that effect from 1865, an inspiration for suffragists. Early life Helen Taylor was born at Kent Terrace, London, on 27 July 1831. She was the only daughter and youngest of three children of John Taylor, wholesale druggist of Mark Lane, and his wife Harriet, daughter of Thomas Hardy of Birksgate, near Kirkburton, Yorkshire, where the family had been lords of the manor for centuries. Her father, a man of education, inspired his daughter with a lifelong love for history and strong filial affecti ...
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Helen Taylor (writer)
Helen Taylor (1818–1885) was an English writer of books for children. Biography Helen Taylor was born in 1818, probably in London, to Elizabeth Venn, first wife of Martin Taylor (1788–1867), of Ongar, Essex; he was the son of Isaac Taylor, an engraver, some-time nonconformist pastor and, like Helen, a writer of children's books; his wife Ann was also an author. Her great-grandfather Isaac Taylor was also an engraver; her aunts Jane Taylor, who wrote the words to the song "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star", and Ann Taylor were both published poets. Other literary family members include her great-uncle Charles Taylor, and her uncle Jefferys Taylor. Unlike her father, Helen appears to have been a member of the Church of England. Her works, which have echoes of those of her aunts, include: *Sabbath Bells: a Series of Simple Lays for Christian Children' (1844) *''Missionary Hymns, for the Use of Children'' (1846), *The Child's Book of Homilies, by a Member of the Church of Engla ...
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