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1 DURHAM BIOGRAPHIES CUMULATIVE INDEX OF VOLUMES 1 to 6 Subjects with surnames in bold have an entry in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography First name Surname Birth Death Vol. Occupation/interest Claude Abbott Professor of English Richard Addison Musician Cyril Alington Headmaster and Dean of Durham Allan Family C18-C20 2 Merchants and landowners Dick Annand Soldier {VC} and Trainer of the disabled William G Armstrong Industrialist Tommy Armstrong Pitman poet Ernest Armstrong Teacher and politician Marjorie Arnfield Artist Ove Arup Engineer Charles Attwood Founder of Weardale Iron Company Arthur Austin Cricketer Hannah C Backhouse Quaker traveller Backhouse Family C19 1 Bankers and horticulturalists John Bailey Engraver and agriculturalist George Baker Landowner & sportsman William Barningham Industrialist Shute Barrington Bishop of Durham Florence E Bell Author John Hyslop Bell Newspaperman and Coroner Gertrude Bell Explorer Kit Bennett Miner and painter George F Bennett Adventurer & social worker William Beveridge Civil Servant, Economist and Social Reformer William Bewick Portrait Painter George Binns Chartist Leader John Bowes Coal-owner and museum founder John Bowran Novelist and Methodist minister James Boyden Educationalist and M.P. Joyce Bradbury Headmistress Bradford Brothers C20 2 First World War soldiers and sailor Dorothy Brant Politician Elinor Brent Dyer Novelist Alan Brien Writer & critic William H Brockett Local politician and newspaper proprietor John Buddle Entrepeneur in the Coal Trade George Bull Lawyer and Town Clerk Albert Burdon Comedian Clement Burlison Artist John Burlison Joiner & Architectural Assistant John Butterfield Hospital Administrator and J.P. Augusta A Byron Mathematician J.W. Cameron Brewer, Alderman and Colonel of Volunteers Patrick Campbell Builder

2 George Camsell Footballer John Candlish MP and Mayor of Sunderland Andrew Carnegie Steel Tycoon and Philanthropist Raich Carter Footballer John Alan Chalmers Physicist and Scout Leader Sid Chaplin Writer and colliery mechanic William Chaytor MP landowner and businessman Temple Chevallier Vicar and astronomer Derman Christopherson Vice-Chancellor of Durham University James Chuter-Ede M.P. and Home Secretary Harry Clasper Rower and Tyneside Hero James Clephan Newspaper editor and antiquarian Ivy Close Film actress Brian Clough Football player and manager Anne E Colberg Religious benefactress Gerald Collier Educationalist Colling Brothers Livestock breeders Arthur J Cook Miners leader Catherine Cookson Novelist Mary A Cotton Nurse and serial murderer Jack Crawford Naval Hero William Crawford Miners' Champion Hugh Dalton Politician Beryl Davison Anglican priest Humphry Davy Scientist Frederick M Dawson Local Government Officer Charles Dickens Novelist Jack Dormand MP for Easington Charles Duncan M.P. and Trade Unionist Kingsley C Dunham Professor of Geology Thomas C Dunn Teacher and Naturalist Matthias Dunn Mining engineer and mines inspector Durham Ox Agricultural Super Star Anthony Eden Prime Minister Maurice Elvey Film producer Benjamin Embleton Sailor, miner, orator and trade unionist William Emmerson Mathematician and eccentric Donald English Methodist minister Ian English Soldier and war historian Thomas H E Espin Vicar and Astronomer C John M Falkner Arms salesman and novelist William {II} Falla Nurseryman James W Fawcett Historian & Administrator Joseph Firbank Railway contractor Benjamin Flounders Educational Philanthropist William G Footitt Architectural Draughtsman John Forster Politician Fox Family C18-C20 2 South Shields shipping family Christopher Furness Shipowner and Industrialist Samuel Galbraith Union Official and M.P. John Garth Composer William Gibson Roman Catholic Bishop William S Gilly Canon of Durham Alex Glasgow Folk Singer

3 Terrot Glover Shipowner, Auctioneer, JP and Alderman Frank W Goodyear Builder and Mayor of Durham Samuel Gourley Medical Officer and JP T.H. Gibson Gowland Actor John Graham Campaigning lawyer David J. Grant Industrialist & Lord Lieutenant William Gray Shipbuilder and Alderman William C. Gray Shipbuilder and J.P. Thomas M Greenhow Surgeon William Greenwell Canon of Durham and antiquary Dora Greenwell Theologian, poet and hymn writer Frederick Grice Author Timothy Hackworth Railway pioneer Thomas Y Hall Inventor, colliery viewer & entrepreneur George H Hamilton Prison chaplain and reformer Cassy M. Harker SRN, Hospital Matron Robert Harrison Mathematician and Linguist Thomas H Harrison Organ builder Henry Havelock Soldier and Indian Mutiny Hero Will Hay Stage and film comedian Thomas Heaviside Photographic Artist Henry Heavisides Printer, poet and polemicist Percy J Heawood Professor of Mathematics May Hedley Nurse William Hedley Engineer and colliery entrepreneur Ron Hedley Museum curator Arthur Henderson Labour Party Leader Maude Henderson Adviser to the playgroup movement Herbert H Henson Bishop of Durham Thomas Hepburn Miners leader Harold Heslop Writer and Durham miner Charles Hodgson Fowler Architect William Hogarth Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle Sydney Holgate Master of Grey College Stan HolIis Soldier and publican Arthur Holmes Professor of Geology Thomas Holmes Probation officers Sarah Holmes George W Horner Confectioner G.G. Hoskins Architect and J.P. Jimmy Howe Musician and soldier Martin Hunter Soldier and colonial administrator Christopher Hunter Physician & antiquary Fred Hurrell Journalist William Hutt Politician and industrialist Robert Ingham MP for South Shields Ralph W Jackson Entrepreneur Edna M Jenkinson Classicist Frank B Jevons Theologian and Vice-Chancellor Nerys A Johnson Artist James F W Johnston Chemist & Educational Benefactor Douglas R Jones Professor of Theology John Kane Trade Unionist Nicholas Kilburn Amateur musician

4 John Kirkpatrick Military hero {John Simpson} James Kirkup Writer and poet John G Lambton Coal owner & reforming politician Jack Lawson Schoolteacher and librarian Peter Lee Miner and trade unionist Edward Lee Scientist Minnie Levick Medical Pioneer H.G. Liddell Lexicographer Ralph Lindsay King's Scholar John Lingard Catholic priest and historian William Logan Mining engineer Thomas L Lomax Church of England priest Ralph L Loughborough King's Scholar Alexander Macdonald Miners' Leader Compton Mackenzie Novelist, broadcaster and spy Jim Mackintosh Alderman and Mayor of Durham Edward Maltby Bishop of Durham Margaret Marshall Teacher and Dramatic Society member David Marshall Poet and Socialist campaigner Christopher Mason Agricultural improver & railway investor James Mather Campaigner for mine safety Cyril B Maude Organist James Maw Chartist and temperance worker Tom McGuiness Artist Kenneth C McKeown Surgeon Jack McManners Priest and historian William McNally Soldier and coalminer David Melville Education pioneer George C M M'Gonigle Medical Officer Colin Milburn Test cricketer John F Miller Soldier and inventor Lola Montez Dancer and Femme Fatale Muriel E Morley Speech therapist Arthur Mowbray Banker and Coal Owner Thomas C Musgrave Teacher and musician William A Nesfield Soldier, Painter, Landscape Gardener Albert H. Oswald Composer William Paley Theologian and philosopher Charles M Palmer Entrepreneur William H Patterson Miners' Union Secretary Robert Peacock Cartoonist Edward Pease Father of English Railways Henry Pease Industrialist and peace envoy Joseph Pease Entrepreneur and Coal owner Joseph W Pease Industrialist Ian Porterfield Footballer William Potts Clockmaker James P Pritchett Architect A.E. Prowse Ministry representative at Elizabethville Elizabeth A Purvis Nursing Sister George Pyman Shipowner, Alderman and JP. Race Family C18-C20 3 Weardale Primitive Methodists James Raine Priest and historian Thomas Ramsey Miners' Union Pioneer

5 Michael Ramsey Bishop of Durham and Archbishop of Canterbury Vincent Raven Railway engineer David S Reid Adult educator and first Chair of Durham County Local History Society Jonathan Richardson Banker and entrepreneur Geordie Ridley Comedian and songwriter Joseph Ritson Literary critic Edward Roberts Headmaster and School Inspector Charlie Roberts Footballer Arthur Robinson Pioneer in University Education Stephen Robinson Engineer and inventor Flora Robson Actress Robert Ropner Industrialist Tony Rossi Architect Hannah H Rushford Alderman Anthony Salvin Architect Herbert L Samuel Politician William Scaife Durham coal miner & US miners' leader Walter Scott Poet and novelist Douglas S Scott Professor of German and Quaker Len Shackleton Footballer Granville Sharp Anti-Slavery Campaigner Thomas W Sharp Town Planner Cuthbert Sharp Historian and Mayor of Hartlepool William Shaw Schoolmaster William Shield Composer George Silvertop Landowner James W Simpson Miner and innovator Tommy Simpson World champion cyclist Thomas Smith Catholic priest and Vicar Apostolic Willie Smith Billiards player Geoffrey Smithers Anglo Saxon scholar Reg Smythe Cartoonist Charles W Starmer Businessman and politician William T Stead Journalist and Campaigner Bob Stokoe Football manager Norman Sunderland Historian Robert S Surtees Novelist and Squire of Hamsterley Robert Surtees Historian Joseph Swan Pharmacist and inventor Henry Taylor Civil Servant, Poet & Dramatist Tom Taylor Playwright Christopher Tennant Entrepreneur Benjamin Thompson Coal owner, Ironmaster, Engineer and Inventor Bobby Thompson Comedian Charles Thorp First Warden of Durham University John Todd Sea Captain Linden Travers Actress Henry B Tristram Churchman, Naturalist and Freemason Edward Turnbull Solicitor and administrator John H Veitch Printer George Waddington Dean of Durham William Wailes Stained-glass manufacturer

6 John Walker Inventor of the Friction Light Edward D. Walker Businessman, Philanthropist and J.P. Norman Walton Sailor and boxer Betty Walton Academic hostess Alfred Waterhouse Architect Charles Waterton Naturalist and travel writer Robert S Watson Quaker and Liberal Sam Watson Agent for Durham Miners' Association Arthur Watts Clergyman, Educationalist, Geologist Victor Watts Master of Grey College John T Wawn Politician Donald E Webster Educationalist William Westgarth Musician and businessman Con Whalen Jarrow marcher James Wheeler Catholic Priest Andrew White Methodist, politician and entrepreneur Matthew White Miner and preacher Donald Wilcock Adult Educator Thomas Wilkinson Roman Catholic Bishop James Williams Politician and newspaper owner John Williamson Bibliophile & pitman poet Tom Willmore Mathematician John Wilson Miners' Leader and M.P. Joseph H Wilson Seaman, Trade Unionist & M.P Thomas Wilson Poet, businessman and politician John Wilson Soldier and airman John Wolfe Alderman and Gaoler Nicholas Wood Engineer, Entrepreneur & Educationalist Edward Wooler Solicitor, Antiquarian & Alderman