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Friday, 12 August 2011

Notable People Who've Lived In Guildford

Notable residents (past and present) sauced from wikipedia  Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Lewis Carroll, 
author of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, had a house in Guildford and is buried in the Mount Cemetery.


Charles Lutwidge Dodgson Born 27 January 1832
Daresbury, Halton, Cheshire, England Died 14 January 1898 (aged 65)
Guildford, Surrey, England Pen name (nickname) Lewis Carroll Occupation Novelist Author,
mathematician,
Anglican clergyman, photographer
Nationality British Genres Children's literature, fantasy literature, poetry, literary nonsense
Notable work(s) Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Through the Looking-Glass The Hunting of the Snark Jabberwocky

Edward Carpenter
the gay socialist poet and activist, moved to the town after the First World War and lived there until his death in 1929. He too is buried in Mount Cemetery.

 Edward Carpenter 29 August 1844
English Died 28 June 1929 (aged 84)
English Occupation English socialist poet, anthologist, early gay activist and socialist philosopher

Other authors from the town include
Gerald Seymour (born 25 November 1941 in Guildford, Surrey) is a British writer.
His first book, Harry's Game, was published in 1975

Mordaunt Hall (1 November 1878 – 2 July 1973) was the first regularly assigned motion picture critic for The New York Times from October 1924 to September 1934. His writing style was described in his New York Times obituary as "chatty, irreverent, and not particularly analytical.… The interest of other critics in analyzing cinematographic techniques was not for him.

Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse KBE
P. G. Wodehouse
was born, prematurely, in Guildford in 1881
whilst his mother was visiting the town.Born 15 October 1881 Guildford, Surrey, England,
UK Died 14 February 1975 (aged 93)
U.S. Pen name "nickname" Henry

William-Jones P Brooke-Haven
Pelham Grenville
Melrose Grainger
J Walker Williams

C P West Occupation novelist, playwright and lyricist Nationality British
United States (naturalized in 1955, aged 74)
Period 1902–75 Genres comedy, romantic comedy

Christian writer
and biographer Joyce Reason was a resident of the town.
Joyce Reason Born Joyce Reason September 1894
Died 19 September 1974 (aged 81)
London, England Occupation Writer Nationality English Alma mater Milton Mount College Genres Junior historical fiction, Missionary biography Notable work(s) Bran the Bronze Smith, The Mad Miller of Wareham, The Secret Fortress, To Capture the King

The Stranglers
Guildford lays claim to rock group The Stranglers, who were based in the town in the early 1970s and were briefly known as "The Guildford Stranglers".

Years active 1974–present

Drummer Jet Black
ran an off-licence in the town and bass player Jean Jacques
Burnel attended the Royal Grammar School.

Jean-Jacques Burnel Background information Born 21 February 1952 (age 59) Origin London, England
Genres Rock, new wave, punk, Euro-pop, folk 
Occupations Bass guitarist, composer Instruments 
Bass guitar 
Years active 1974–present
Associated acts The Stranglers Jean-Jacques Burnel on stage with The Stranglers in 2005


Mike Rutherford
Progressive rock musicians Mike Rutherford, of Genesis 
Birth name (nickname) Michael John Cleote Crawford Rutherford Born 2 October 1950 Guildford, Surrey, England  
Genres Progressive rock, pop rock 
Occupations Musician, songwrite Instruments Bass guitar, guitar, vocals, keyboards, sitar, cello, drums 
Years active 1967–present 
Labels 
Charisma, Atlantic, WEA 
Associated acts Genesis, Mike + The Mechanics 
Website genesis-music.com 
Notable instruments Shergold Double Neck Bass Guitar
Rickenbacker Steinberger Guitar
 

Andrew Latimer
of the band Camel, were both born in Guildford, as was jazz saxophonist Iain Ballamy
Andy Latimer
Background information Birth name  Andrew Latimer
Born            17 May 1947 (age 64) 
Origin          Guildford, Surrey, England 
Genres         Progressive rock, Symphonic rock, Canterbury scene 
Years active 1964–presen 
Associated acts  Camel 
Labels
MCA Records 
Camel Productions 
Decca Records 
Website  CamelProductions.com  
 
Drum and bass producers
In more contemporary music, drum and bass producers Cause 4 Concern and Sub Focus are from the town, and Sam Sparro lived in Guildford at the turn of the 21st century before moving to the United States.

Sam Sparro 
Birth name "nickname" Sam Falson Born 8 November 1982 (age 28)
Origin Australia
Genres electro-funk, funk, electro-pop, soul 
Occupations Singer-songwriter, producer 
Instruments Vocals, keyboards 

Years active 2007-present
Labels Island Records, UK Universal Republic 
U.S. Website www.samsparro.com

Actors & Actresses
Several actors and actresses live in the area, including: Edward Kelsey, who plays Joe Grundy in The Archers; 

Stuart Wilson and Bonnie Langford Yvonne Arnaud, singer and actress, lived in the town for many years before she died. 

Terry Jones, the Monty Python writer, went to the Royal Grammar School from 1953-61. 

Other entertainers born in Guildford include:
WWE wrestler Paul Burchill
Holly Samos – radio researcher and presenter, and former member of Chris Evans' Zoo Squad.

Champ-Car driver Katherine Legge Guildford has been home to Champ-Car driver Katherine Legge.

Allan Wells gold medalist in the 100 meters at the 1980 Olympics.


Alan Turing
The Amassing Alan Turing mathematician, logician and cryptographer (The WW11 enigma code breaker, and co inverter of the first electronic programmable computer "Colossus" along with the great unsung hero Tommy Flours who actually came up with the physical design and built it out of his own pocket! Alan Turing's family home was in Guildford


Other notable residents include:
the model Jodie Kidd who was born in the town

Michael Buerk, BBC newsreader

Roger Fry, the English artist, critic and member of the Bloomsbury Group who lived in the house (Durbins) he designed and built in the town from 1909 to 1919

Douglas Adams The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy The fictional Ford Prefect, from The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams, claimed to be from Guildford, though in fact he was from a planet somewhere in the vicinity of Betelgeuse.

Carry on Sergent Guildford and the media Guildford has been captured on film in Carry on Sergent which was filmed at the former Queens Barracks, and The Omen, a scene from which was filmed at Guildford Cathedral.

Singer-songwriter Robyn Hitchcock has sung about the town in "No, I Don't Remember Guildford", a song from his 1999 album "Jewels for Sophia".

Led Zeppelin The University Hall on the campus of the University of Surrey was the site of the first ever Led Zeppelin gig on 25 October 1968.
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