George Niven
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Goalkeeper for Glasgow Rangers for ten years
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Karl Unterkircher
News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Mountaineer and extreme skier
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Karl Unterkircher
Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Mountaineer and extreme skier
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George Niven
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Goalkeeper for Glasgow Rangers for ten years
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Lives remembered: Lord Hunt of Tanworth
Times Online (Free subscription) | yesterday
Graham Mather, President, European Policy Forum, writes: John Hunt (obituary, July 18) had a certain austerity of style, great moral authority and a kind heart. I first met him at a Ditchley Park conference. I was the nervous rapporteur of a working group whose discussions had not been easy. I presented the group’s report to the plenary session. Its chairman, a US official, intervened at once, saying...
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Sir Richard Morris: engineer and industrialist
Times Online (Free subscription) | yesterday
The industrialist Sir Richard Morris presided over one of the world’s biggest engineering projects as chairman and managing director of the engineering company Brown and Root UK, 1980-90. In charge of the Great Man-Made River project in Libya, he helped to re-open dialogue between the Thatcher Government and the Gaddafi regime after the destruction of a Pan American Airways Boeing 747 over the Scottish...
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Estelle Getty: actress on US comedy The Golden Girls
Times Online (Free subscription) | yesterday
Estelle Getty started acting when she was just 5 years old, but she was in her sixties before she became an international television star, as one of the four principals in the popular American sitcom The Golden Girls (1985-92).
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Kate Mortimer: economic consultant who advised the World Bank
Times Online (Free subscription) | yesterday
Had she wanted to, Kate Mortimer could have risen to the top of any number of professions. As it was, she moved easily between the public and private sectors, between the World Bank in Washington and private banking in the City of London, between the British Government’s Know-How Fund for Eastern Europe and several heavyweight non-executive directorships.
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Dinko Sakic
Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Pro-Nazi Croatian concentration camp commander
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Dinko Sakic
News Scotsman (Free subscription) | yesterday
Pro-Nazi Croatian concentration camp commander
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Artie Traum: versatile folk musician and composer
Times Online (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008
As a guitarist, banjo player, singer and songwriter, Artie Traum was a mainstay of the American folk music scene for more than 40 years.
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Professor Alastair Bissett-Johnson: authority on family law
Times Online (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008
Professor Alastair Bissett-Johnson’s contribution to the study and the reform of family law spans the Commonwealth. He was a gentleman scholar yet also a feminist who argued for fairer treatment for women facing divorce. As an enthusiastic and entertaining teacher, he prepared his students for practice with a firm grip of how to practically apply — and challenge — the law.
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James Orr
Times Online (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008
James Orr was private secretary to the Duke of Edinburgh for 13 years, between 1957 and 1970. His appointment came at a time when his employer had overcome the obstacles put in his way by the old guard at Buckingham Palace and had clearly defined his role.
