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FRANCIS BEAUMONT

Francis Beaumont was a British dramatist. He was born in 1584 at Gracedieu in Lincolnshire and died in 1616. He studied at Oxford and entered the Inner temple in 1600. At the age of sixteen he published a translation, in verse, of Ovid's fable of Salmacis and Hermaphroditus, and before nineteen became the friend of Ben Jonson. With John Fletcher also he was early on terms of friendship. He married Ursula, daughter of Henry Isley of Sundridge, in Kent, by whom he left two daughters. With his partner John Fletcher he wrote 'The Knight of the Burning Pestle'.
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FREDERICK COWEN

Frederick Hymen Cowen was a Jamaican composer and conductor. He was born in 1852 at Kingston and died after 1906. Educated at London, Leipzig and Berlin he graduated as a doctor of music at Cambridge in 1900. His chief works are Rose Maiden, a cantata, produced in 1870; The Maid of Orleans, produced in 1871; The Corsair, 1874; St Ursula, a cantata, 1881;
The Deluge, an oratorio; Pauline, an opera; Sleeping Beauty, a cantata, 1885; Euth, an oratorio, 1887; Thorgrim, an opera, 1890; Signa, an opera, 1892; The Water-Lily, a cantata, 1893; Harold, an opera, 1895; Coronation Ode, produced in 1902; John Gilpin, a cantata, 1904; overtures, etc, and many popular songs.
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MARGARET MEE

Margaret Ursula Mee was an English botanical artist. She was born in 1909 and died in 1988. In the 1950s she went to Brazil, where she accurately and comprehensively painted many plant species of the Amazon basin. She is thought to have painted more species than any other botanical artist.
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MOTHER SHIPTON

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URSULA

Ursula was an English Virgin martyr and the patron saint of maidens. She is said to have been the daughter of a Cornish prince in the 5th century, and to have fled with her friends to Gaul to escape the Saxon invaders of Britain. After a visit to Rome she is reported to have been slain with many others by the Huns about 453, near the banks of the Rhine, and to have been buried at Cologne. She is commemorated with her fellow virgin martyrs on October the 21st.
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DIANA COUPLAND

Diana Coupland was an English actress and singer. She was born in 1932 at Leeds and died in 2006. Best known for co-starring as the long-suffering wife in the television series 'Bless This House', she is less well known for providing the singing voice for Lana Turner in the 1954 film 'Betrayed' and for Ursula Andress in the 1962 film 'Dr No'.
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URSULA ANDRESS

Ursula Andress is a Swiss actress. She was born in 1936 at Ostermundigen, Bern. She was the first 'Bond Girl', appearing as 'Honey Ryder' in the 1962 film 'Dr No'.
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URSULA JEANS

Ursula Jeans was an actress. She was born in 1906 and died in 1973.
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URSULA REIT

Ursula Reit was a German actress. She was born in 1914 at Wuppertal and died in 1998.
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URSULA THIESS

Ursula Thiess is an actress. She was born in 1929.
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