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John Alderton, actor, grew up in Hull and attended Kingston High School [6]; Lucy Beaumont (Cornwall born) award-winning stand-up comedian and comedy writer starred at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2012 and wrote the Radio 4 comedy To Hull & Back, starring herself and Maureen Lipman.
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Longthorne was born in Hull, [1] England, into a musical family [2] of a "travelling, Romany background". [3] He grew up in the Hessle Road area of Hull, known for its fishing community, and considered himself as a "Hessle Roader". He attended Villa Place Primary School, St Wilfred's Primary School and Sydney Smith High School. [4]
Hull's first steward whose name is known was Sir Francis Walsingham, principal secretary to Queen Elizabeth I. [6] Sheahan says the previous steward died in 1582, but his name was not recorded. [ 7 ] Allison says the office of lord high steward was instituted in 1584, and first mentioned in the town charter of 1598. [ 5 ]
William Dent Priestman (23 August 1847 – 7 September 1936), born near Kingston upon Hull was a Quaker and engineering pioneer, inventor of the Priestman Oil Engine, and co-founder with his brother Samuel of the Priestman Brothers engineering company, manufacturers of cranes, winches and excavators.
Kingston upon Hull, usually shortened to Hull, is an historic maritime city and unitary authority area in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. [3] It lies upon the River Hull at its confluence with the Humber Estuary, 25 miles (40 km) inland from the North Sea.
John Guest Phillips FRS – endocrinologist and gerontologist, Professor of Zoology at Hull (1967–1979), Vice Chancellor of Loughborough University (1986–1987). [ 2 ] Eric Roll, Baron Roll of Ipsden – Professor of Economics and Commerce (1935–1946), economist, civil servant and banker
1739 – Hull's first newspaper, the Hull Courant, is published. [1]: 307 1773 – Hull Dock Company formed. [11] 1775 – Hull Subscription Library established. [12] [13] 1778 – Dock built. [14] 1780 William Wilberforce becomes Member of Parliament for Hull. Jewish community establishes synagogue. [15] 1782 – General Infirmary established. [7]