Antony armstrong-jones cause of death
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Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Author.
Working name of Canadian-born author and journalist George Anthony Armstrong Willis (1897-1976), in the UK from infancy, in active service during World War One; a regular contributor to the magazine Punch, usually signing himself A. A. Armstrong began writing as a novelist with two historical fantasies, The Lure of the Past (1920) and The Love of Prince Raameses (1921), which were linked by the common theme of Reincarnation. The historical framework was again used in his Lost World adventure, The Wine of Death: A Tale of the Lost Long-Ago (1925), a bloodthirsty novel about a community of survivors of Atlantis governed by a Monster with a huge brain and tiny body, along the line of H G Wells's Selenites, and with no moral sense. When the Bells Rang: A Tale of What Might Have Been (1943) with Bruce Graeme, is a morale-boosting Alternate History tale of a 1940 Invasion of the UK by the Nazis, and of their subsequent defeat (see Hitler Wins). The Strange Case of Mr Pelham (1957), a Doppelganger tale, was filmed as
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Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon (British, 1930-2017)
Known for his extravagance and bravado, Armstrong-Jones was a prominent portrait photographer married to Princess Margaret of the British Royal Family. He primarily undertook portraits of famous socialites and actors. In Keith Mitchell in “The Death of Satan,” Armstrong-Jones hides one actor’s face in shadow while another emerges into the light, creating a dramatic effect.
Born to a well-to-do family, Armstrong-Jones was first exposed to photography at Cambridge University. He then apprenticed to a British court photographer before establishing his own studio in the Pimco district of London and becoming the court photographer for the royal family.
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Versatile artist, teacher and gallery director, born in Ireland, who studied at Glasgow School of Art, 1953–7, attending Jordanhill Training College, with a scholarship to Italy, in 1958. Armstrong taught art, 1958–60; engaged in full-time studio work as artist and designer, 1960–7; was part-time director of various galleries, 1967–79, then became a full-time painter. Armstrong exhibited with NEAC, Paisley Institute, RA, Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts and Flying Colours Gallery. Studied and worked in the Caribbean, France, Italy, the Sandwich Islands and America, with over a dozen solo shows in Britain and abroad. Portraits included the Earl and Countess of Stormont; ecclesiastical commissions a resurrection mural and Stations of the Cross; and corporate commissions included BBC Television; British Petroleum; Scottish Television; and the Royal Automobile Club.
Glasgow Museum & Art Galleries; Hunterian Museum in Glasgow; Paisley Museum; Royal Concert Hall in Glasgow, and several ov
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