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Famous People
General
Bedfordshire Genealogy
Famous people associated with Bedfordshire e.g. John Bunyan, John Howard, Charles Wells, Sir William Harpur, Samuel Whitbread, Trevor Huddlestone....
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ ~engbdf/ people.html
Albone, Dan
Bedfordshire Libraries - Virtual Library
Information about Dan Albone.
http://www.galaxy.bedfordshire.gov.uk/ webingres/ bedfordshire/ vlib/ 0.digitised_resources/ dan_albone.htm
Dan Albone
Information about Dan Albone, a well known local inventor, engineer and cyclist, provided by Biggleswade History Society.
http://www.biggleswadehistory.org.uk/ Dan%20Albone.htm
Bloomfield, Robert
Bedfordshire Libraries - Virtual Library
Information and images related to this Shefford poet.
http://www.galaxy.bedfordshire.gov.uk/ webingres/ bedfordshire/ vlib/ 0.digitised_resources/ robert_bloomfield.htm
Robert Bloomfield
Information about Robert Bloomfield provided by Shefford Town Council.
http://www.sheffordtown.co.uk/ robert-bloomfield.html
Robert Bloomfield Society
Documents, information and images on the poet Robert Bloomfield (1766 - 1823) who lived in Shefford
http://robert-bloomfield.digi-hosting.co.uk/ index.htm
Bunyan, John
Bedfordshire Libraries - Virtual Library
Details of the Bunyan collections in Bedford Central Library and associated resources.
http://www.galaxy.bedfordshire.gov.uk/ webingres/ bedfordshire/ vlib/ 0.digitised_resources/ john_bunyan.htm
International John Bunyan Society
List of members and society and conference details.
http://www.arts.ualberta.ca/ ~dgay/ Bunyan.htm
Burnaby, Frederick
Bedfordshire Libraries - Virtual Library
Information about Frederick Burnaby, explorer, man of action and writer.
http://www.galaxy.bedfordshire.gov.uk/ webingres/ bedfordshire/ vlib/ 0.digitised_resources/ frederick_burnaby.htm
Byng, Admiral John
Trial and execution of Admiral John Byng
Story of the unlucky admiral (born in Southill Bedfordshire) who was executed after an unsuccessful attempt to defeat the French fleet in Minorca.
http://home.planet.nl/ ~pdavis/ Byng.htm
Carrington, Dora
Dora Carrington
Short biography and details of the archive collection at the University of Texas.
http://research.hrc.utexas.edu:8080/ hrcxtf/ view?docId=ead/ 00023.xml
Delmer, Sefton
Sefton Delmer
During World War II so called 'black propaganda' was broadcast from the Woburn Area to demoralise the German troops. The creator of much of this propaganda was Sefton Delmer."
http://www.seftondelmer.co.uk/
Howard, John
Bedfordshire Libraries - Virtual Library
Information about John Howard including an extract from 'State of the Prisons in England and Wales'
http://www.galaxy.bedfordshire.gov.uk/ webingres/ bedfordshire/ vlib/ 0.digitised_resources/ john_howard.htm
John Howard
Biography of John Howard on the web site of the John Howard Society of Canada.
http://www.johnhoward.ca/ bio.htm
John Howard
Information and links from the BBC.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/ history/ historic_figures/ howard_john.shtml
Miller, Glenn
Glenn Miller and Twinwoods Airfield
Information about the airfield and its association with Glenn Miller.
http://www.twinwoodevents.com/ museums.html
Rutherford, Mark
Mark Rutherford (William Hale White)
Information on this local authors books and other writings, plus quotations, biographical information, literary criticism, photographs and links. Details of the Mark Rutherford Society.
http://www.concentric.net/ ~Djfrench/
Smith, Worthington George
Bedfordshire Libraries - Virtual Library
Information on the Dunstable antiquarian and archaeologist, Worthington George Smith.
http://www.galaxy.bedfordshire.gov.uk/ webingres/ bedfordshire/ vlib/ 0.digitised_resources/ worthington_george_smith.htm
Worthington George Smith
Information about Worthington George Smith's archaeological discoveries in London.
http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/ archive/ lbl/ pages/ toursCollectors3.asp
Southcott, Joanna
Bedfordshire Libraries - Virtual Library
Information about Joanna Southcott including newspaper articles.
http://www.galaxy.bedfordshire.gov.uk/ webingres/ bedfordshire/ vlib/ 0.digitised_resources/ joanna_southcott.htm
Joanna Southcott
The life and writings of the English prophetess Joanna Southcott, and her place in prophecy.
http://www.btinternet.com/ ~joannasouthcott/
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