Oxford DNB Sounds linking, January 2016

1. British Library Sounds

a). Early spoken word

A to C Cosmo Lang Henry Ainley Harold Larwood Francis Bourne David Lloyd George Herbert Henry Asquith Ramsay MacDonald Clement Attlee Compton Mackenzie Robert Baden Powell Thomas James Macnamara Stanley Baldwin Alfred Edward Woodley Mason Margaret Bondfield Cyril Maude William Booth Henry John Newbolt Xavier Boulestin Florence Nightingale Arthur Bourchier Alfred Noyes Francis Bourne Mildred Bruce P to W Frank Buchman Christbel Pankhurst Neville Chamberlain Katharine Stewart Murray Robert Gascoyne-Cecil Vita Sackville-West Philip Clayton (James) Arthur Salter John Clynes Herbert Samuel Rachel Crowdy Ernest Shackleton George Bernard Shaw D to N Hugh Richard Sheppard Arthur Conan Doyle Jan Christiaan Smuts John Drinkwater John Snagge Elizabeth Philip Snowden John Rupert Firth Henry de Vere Stacpoole Johnston Forbes-Robertson James Henry Thomas Mahatma Gandhi Benjamin Tillett George V Herbert Beerbom Tree George VI Edgar Wallace John Gielgud Lewis Waller Wilfred Grenfell Josiah Wedgwood Martin Bladen Hawke Edward VIII John Berry [Jack] Hobbs Margaret Wintringham William Wymark Jacobs Laming Worthington-Evans Amy Johnson Henry Cecil Kennedy Wyld Charles Kingsford Smith

1 b). Music and musicians

(Louis) Boyd Neel Harriet Cohen Adrian Boult Henry Wood Albert Coates John Barbirolli Albert Sammons (member of London String John Pritchard Quartet) Landon Ronald Alberto Semprini Leon Goossens Basil Cameron Leopold Stokowski Clifford Curzon Louis Kentner Cyril Smith Malcolm Sargent Dennis Brain Mark Hambourg Dennis Matthews Moura Lympany Eileen Joyce Myra Hess Eugene Goossens Noel Mewton-Wood Evelyn Rothwell Percy Grainger Georg Solti Solomon Cutler George Malcolm Thomas Beecham Hamilton Harty

c). Oral History: architects’ lives

Hubert Bennett Denys Lasdun Henry Thomas (Jim) Cadbury-Brown Mary Medd Hugh Casson Peter Moro Neville Conder Monica Pidgeon Oliver Cox Philip Powell Jane Drew Richard Seifert Lionel Brett Peter Shepheard Bernard Feilden Peter Smithson Patrick Gwynne Colin St John Wilson Edward Hollamby

d). Oral History: scientists’ lives

Frederick Dainton Brian Flowers David Jenkinson Max Perutz Joseph Rotblat Miriam Rothschild Maurice Wilkins

2 e). Oral History: artists’ lives

Norman Adams Conroy Maddox Eileen Agar Frank Martin Kenneth Armitage Bernard Williams Meadows Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Robert Medley Patrick Caulfield Margaret Mellis Helen Chadwick Helen Muspratt Lynn Chadwick Paul Neagu Joanna Drew Eduardo Paolozzi Elisabeth Frink Victor Pasmore Terry Frost Myfanwy Piper William Gear Patrick Procktor Helmut Gernsheim Norman Reid Ernst Gombrich Michael Rothenstein Nigel Greenwood Jack Smith Josef Herman Carel Weight Sidney Hutchison Kyffin Williams Anneliese Juda

f). Oral History: actors’ lives

Frith Banbury Jonathan Cecil Edward Hardwicke Laurence Olivier Corin Redgrave Ian Richardson Harold Pinter Harold Hobson Alan Plater

g). Sound collections made by

George Ewart Evans Peter Opie Alan Blumlein Raymond Firth

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2. BBC Radio 4, Desert Island Discs

1940s 1960s cont. Roy Plomley (William) Stephen Richard King-Hall Barbara Mullen Arthur George Street Jack Warner 1950s Sir George Albert Shearing James (Jimmy) Edwards Dame Gwen Lucy Ffrangcon-Davies Anona Winn Lionel Tertis Margaret Lockwood Sir Stephen Harold Spender Leslie Hutchinson Sir Sidney Robert Nolan (George) Emlyn Williams Raymond Carl Glendenning Malcolm Sargent Sir (Arthur) John Gielgud Dennis Brain Raymond Baxter Turner Layton Nicholai Polakovs James (Jim) Laker (Douglas Alastair) Gordon Pirie Lupino Lane Norman Francis Shelley Leopold Stokowski Charles Hector Fitzroy Maclean Fred Streeter Ian Lancaster Fleming Roy Plomley (Frederick) Rowland Emett Gerard Hoffnung Edward Henry Willis Richard Dimbleby Leslie Gilbert Illingworth Elisabeth Schwarzkopf Michael Bentine Elsie and Doris Waters Jean Baptiste de Manio Naomi Jacob Wilbert Vere Awdry John Paddy Carstairs Kenneth Connor Joan Sutherland Nadia Nerina Alfred Hawthorne (Benny) Hill William Henry Hartnell George Thalben-Ball William [Bill] Shankly Alfred Hitchcock Benjamin Baruch Ambrose (John) Robertson Hare Sir Lewis Thomas Casson John Snagge Alfred Read Charles Mackerras Dame Margot Fonteyn John Osborne Sir Paul Dukes Sir Henry Cooper 1960s Sir Frank Chalton Francis Ursula Bloom Winifred Emma Cushing Robert [Danny] Blanchflower Sir James Shand Alex Guinness Dame Gladys Constance Cooper Frank Muir (and Denis Norden) Arthur Negus Russ Conway Sir Denis William Brogan Arthus Bryant Doris Grace Arnold Leon Goossens Peter Ritchie Calder Dame Gracie Fields Walter Robert Matthews

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John Richard Schlesinger 1970s cont. Richard Stanley Francis Dame Wendy Margaret Hiller Arthur Bowden Askey (John) Robertson Hare Paul Henry Gore-Booth Elizabeth Jean Harwood Sir (Sydney) Gordon Russell Ralph Hammond Innes Dame Margaret Teyte Alice Delysia Alfred Bass Sir John Lewis Ernest Watts Mills Sir John Clifford Mortimer (William) Arnold Ridley Bernard Law Montgomery Sir Alister Clavering Hardy Lillian Barbara Board Peter Edward Rogers (Thomas) Raymond Mays William Edmund Sowerbutts Henry William Williamson (Augustus John) Ruskin Spear Olivia Mary Manning Brenda Margaret Bruce Sir Peter Neville Luard Pears Norman Thelwell (Tord) Alvar Quan Lidell Sir Alexander Drummond Gibson Sir Alec Richard Rose Rita Nellie Hunter Sir Edward Thomas Downes (Madeleine) Angela Baddeley Lord (Edward Christian) David Gascoyne-Cecil (Robert) Oliver Reed Denholm Mitchell Elliott 1970s Richard Stuart Walker Harry Leonard Carpenter Leslie Scott Falconer Mitchell Richard Gilbert Emery Brian Alexander Johnston Thomas Terry Hoar Stevens Edward Marsden Waring Sheridan William Robin Russell Roy Clifton Fox Julia Trevelyan Oman Brian St John Inglis Barbara Mullen Sir Terence Mervyn Rattigan Stephen Russell Race Jacob Bronowski Dame Sibyl Mary Hathaway Dame Margaret Berenice Price Ivy Benson Stanley Augustus Holloway Sir (Alan Charles) Laurence Whistler Charles Percy Snow Joyce Irene Grenfell Dave Allen Sir Ludovic Henry Coverley Kennedy Helen Bradley Robert Oxton Bolt Benjamin Travers James Fitton Patricia Lawlor Hayes Adelaide Louise Estelle Hall Sir John Betjeman Alexander [Alec] Robertson Duncan James Corrowr Grant Peter Woolridge Townsend (George) Emlyn Williams Imogen Clare Holst (Humbert Jean) Charles Cairoli Christopher Michael Gable Sir Denys Louis Lasdun Edward Jeffery Irving Ardizzone Christopher Robin Milne Sir Arthur Edward Drummond Bliss Sir (John) Anthony Quayle Sir Charles Barnard Groves Anthony Dymoke Powell Eleanor Alice Hibbert Sir Alan Arthur Bates Francis Edward Camps Frank Herbert Muir Geoffrey Penwill Parsons Sir Peter Courtney Quennell

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(Sydney Edmund) Tolchard Evans 1970s cont. George Howell Guest Sir Clifford Michael Curzon Philip Arthur Larkin Emanuel Shinwell Stuart Yarworth Blanch Sir Lennox Randal Francis Berkeley Philip Mark Jones Sir John Bagot Glubb Malcolm Benjamin Graham Christopher Leslie Dawson Williamson George Macdonald Fraser Eric Arthur Simms Gerald Alexander Ellison John Paton Laurie Sir John Harold Plumb Sir Robert Mark Terence Alan Milligan Ronald Scott Raymond Josiah Gale Mander (Mary) Noel Streatfeild (Francis) Joseph Blackett Mitchenson Dorothy Edwards Alan Coren Sir Alec Guinness Sir Osbert Lancaster Dennis Christopher George Potter Charles Stanley Causley Winston Mawdsley Graham Roald Dahl Sir Peter Alexander Ustinov Sir Reginald Carey Harrison Claire Berenice Rayner Sir Wilfred Patrick Thesiger Barry Stephen Frank Sheene Theodore Edward Le Bouthillier Allbeury Mary Weir (Christopher) Richard Sandford Buckle (John) Michael Croft Peter Wynn Barckworth Dame Daphne Du Maurier Elizabeth Pakenham Deborah Kerr Sir Ralph David Richardson (Alfred) Leslie Rowse Dame Moura Lympany Jessica Lucy Freeman-Mitford Cyril Northcote Parkinson Sir Oliver Nicholas Millar (Elsie Ethel) Irene Thomas Helen Lyndon Goff Ian Gillett Carmichael Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home Sir Robert Mayer (James) David Graham Niven John Alexander Brymer Magnus Magnusson (Mark) James Walter Cameron Yehudi Menuhin Sir Adrian Cedric Boult Peter Young Sir Arthur Wynne Morgan Bryant Jacqueline Mary Du Pre Norris Dewar McWhirter Egon Miklos Ronay Sir Robert Graham Stephens John Anthony Curry Allan Prior James Blades Kenneth McKellar 1980s Norman Parkinson Arthur Bowden Askey Sir Robert Murray Helpmann (Jessie) Jacquetta Hawkes John Barrington Wain Brian Glover Christopher Fry Ronald Mathias Lockley Alec Clifton-Taylor Michael Latham Powell Frederick Sewards Trueman Emeric Pressburger Barbara Mary Crampton Pym Barbara Kathleen Vera Woodhouse (Heather Mabel) Jane Grigson Sir John Winthrop Hackett

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Robert Tear 1980s cont. Alfred Thompson Denning John James Osborne Lindsay Gordon Anderson Frankie Howerd Leonard Rossiter Mary Margaret Kaye Catherine Bramwell-Booth John Egerton Christman Piper Donald Pleasence Sir Hugh Carleton Greene Frances Mary Perry Rosemary Sutcliff Geoffrey Edward West Household Ian William Richardson Susannah York Sir Malcolm Stanley Bradbury Sir Cecil Walter Hardy Beaton Alan Barry King-Hamilton Sir Peter Parker Sir Frederick Ernest Gibberd Sir Reginald Goodall Keith Spencer Waterhouse George Henry Hubert Lascelles Sir John Michael Pritchard Sir Douglas Robert Steuart Bader Sir Peter Neville Luard Pears Diana Dors Geoffrey Moorhouse Charles Edmund Dumaresq Clavell Sir Kenneth MacMillan Glyn Edmund Daniel Thomas Patrick Keating Thomas Patrick John Anson Beryl Elizabeth Reid Elspeth Josceline Huxley Vernon George Handley James Neville Mason Brian Davis [Michael ffolkes] (Thomas) Malcolm Muggeridge Dame Catherine Ann Cookson Paul Clerk Eddington William George Rushton William Stephen Ian Whitelaw Ronald Alfred Goodwin (Charles) Edmund Duncan Rubbra Sir Alfred Jules Ayer Sir (Arthur) John Gielgud (Nathaniel Mayer) Victor Rothschild Sir Frederick William Mallandaine Ashton Gerald Francis Priestland Stewart Granger (Frederick) Elwyn Jones Sir Fitzroy Hew Royle Maclean Quentin Hugh Crewe (Frederic) Russell Harty Robert William Burchfield Daniel Raymond Massey Doris May Fisher Stokes Princess Margaret Rose Sir James Wilson Vincent Savile John Robert Fowles Sir John Henry Harvey-Jones Rosamond Nina Lehmann Sir Michael Kemp Tippett (Thomas) George Thomas Bernard Green Geoffrey Edward Harvey Grigson Sir Nigel Barnard Hawthorne Andrew Robert Buxton Cavendish Sir Kingsley William Amis Sir John Clifford Mortimer Sir Fred Hoyle (George) Eric Newby Sir Ian Kinloch MacGregor Sir Anton Dolin Auberon Alexander Waugh Julian Gustave Symons Stanley Barstow Dorothy Dunnett (John Frederick) Norman Lewis Sir William Turner Walton Brian Leonard Redhead Bernard James Miles Sir Robert William Robson George Chisholm Arthur Frederick Hailey Dame Eva Turner Ronald James Pickering

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Dame Beryl Margaret Bainbridge 1990s Sir John Philip William Dankworth Keith Floyd Lew Grade Sir Eduardo Luigi Paolozzi Vernon Scannell Elisabeth Margaret Welch Robert Carrier Barbara Anne Castle (Henry) Bernard Levin Noel Gilroy Annan Leonard James Callaghan Ernie Wise Peter Anthony West (David) Clive Jenkins Kathleen Godfree John Edward Thaw Kenneth Charles Williams Martin Michael Charles Charteris (Ian) Robert Maxwell Jean Kathleen Rook Sir Julian Michael Gordon Critchley George Alfred Carman David Charles Penhaligon Mary Nesta Keane Henry Kenneth Alfred Russell Mary Aline Siepmann Sir Michael Murray Hordern (William) John Biffen (Margaret) Susan Ryder George Porter Sir Edward Richard George Heath Sir (James) Ian Raley Trethowan Michael Mackintosh Foot Sir Robin Day Athene Seyler John Peel (Ernest Urban) Trevor Huddelston Frederick Dibnah Alfred Wainwirght (Elizabeth) Dilys Powell Hugh Redwald Trevor-Roper Bernard Delfont Joan Theresa Turner Edward Palmer Thompson Dame Gwen Lucy Ffrangcon-Davies John Richard Schlesinger Dame Anita Lucia Roddick Bernice Rubens Quintin McGrarel Hogg Ronald Todd Dennis Christopher George Potter John Smith Margaret Kelly Cecil Arthur Lewis Sir Dirk Bogarde John Leonard King Diana Mosley Naomi Mary Margaret Mitchison Alan Frederick Plater Sir (George) Trevor Holdsworth John Andrew Howard Ogdon Jeffrey Joseph Bernard Sir Thomas Henry Wait Armstrong Ronald Eyre Edward George Sherrin Dame Ninette de Valois Sir (John) Nicholas Henderson Ralf Gustav Dahrendorf Dame Thora Hird Adelaide Louise Estelle Hall Rachel Kempson Arnold Abraham Goodman Alfred Wainwright Christable Mary Harmsworth Bielenberg Dame Miriam Louisa Rothschild Alan John Sainsbury Roy Harris Jenkins (Edward) Chad Varah Sir Stephen Harold Spender Peter Murray Taylor Dame (Alice) Josephine Mary Taylor Barnes Anthony Reginald Johnson (John) Enoch Powell Sir Ernst Hans Josef Gombrich Robert Alexander Kennedy Runcie Sir Isaiah Berlin James Graham Ballard

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Sybil Mary Marshall 1990s cont. Kenny Everett Sir Terence Ernest Manitou Frost Kathleen Webb Anna Margaret Haycraft Arnold Weinstock (Arthur) Paul Hogarth Richard Langton Gregory John Barry David Croft Anthony Michell Howard Stephen Tumim Marjorie Mowlam (Charles) Anthony Storr Sir (Alan) Charles MacLaurin Mackerras Dame Barbara Jean Lyon Mills Elizabeth Joan Jennings 2000s Berthold Goldschmidt Norman George Painting Kathleen Hale Christopher Lloyd (Charlotte) Mary Stott Sir Norman Joseph Wisdom Hugo Gabriel Gryn Max Ferdinand Perutz Sir John Richard Gray Drummond Sir John Lewis Ernest Watts Mills Milton Shulman Eric Roll Sir John Foster Wilson William Francis Deedes Frances Catherine Partridge Sir (John) Kyffin Williams Rosemary Isabel Baird Verey Sir (William) Richard Shaboe Doll Douglas Noel Adams Sir John Clifford Mortimer Dame Cicely Mary Strode Saunders George Macdonald Fraser (Edward) Max Nicholson Robert Finlayson Cook Wendy Richard Dame Alicia Markova George Walter Selwyn Lloyd Fay Suzette Godwin (Apraham) Felix Bartev Aprahamian Phyllis Doreen Sellick Nigel Nicolson Susana Valeria Rose Walton James Knapp Baruch Samuel Blumberg Alan Kenneth Clark Sir Robert William Robson Ian Robins Dury Anne Eleanor Scott-James Sir Laurens Jan van der Post Ursula Ashkam Fanthorpe (Margaret) Rumer Godden Alan John Sainsbury Quentin Hugh Crewe Ronald William Fordham Searle Margaret Rose Mount Betsy Blair Vere Harold Esmond Harmsworth Humphrey Richard Adeane Lyttelton Robert Scott Alexander Hanna Maria Segal Sir Harry Donald Secombe Jill Angela Henriette Balcon Anthony Minghella (Richard) Oliver Postgate Sir (John) Frank Kermode Natasha Gordon Spender (Elsie Ethel) Irene Thomas Dame Beryl Margaret Bainbridge Robert Alan Monkhouse Alan Sillitoe Richard Stanley Francis Sir Joseph Rotblat 2010s Sybille Bedford Betty Mary Driver Jack Morris Rosenthal Vidal Sassoon

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3. BBC Radio 4, ‘In Our Time’

Charlotte Bronte George Eliot [Marian Evans] Rabindranath Tagore Mary Wollstonecraft Frances Burney Charles I Adam Smith Aldous Huxley Isambard Kingdom Brunel Francis Bacon Rudyard Kipling Jonathan Swift Caesar Wiliam Butler Yeats Virginia Woolf Ada Lovelace Robert Boyle Siegfried Sassoon Laurence Sterne William Ockham George Berkeley Hild Pocahontas William Wilberforce Alfred Russel Wallace Sir Karl Popper Augustus Pitt-Rivers Alexander Pope Evelyn Waugh John Stuart Mill Bertrand Russell Walter Tyler William Caxton John Henry Newman Gerald of Wales Geoffrey Chaucer Hadrian Thomas Hobbes Annie Besant Samuel Johnson James Joyce Karl Marx George Fox Christopher Marlowe Benjamin Franklin Merlin Desiderius Erasmus John Ruskin Daniel Defoe Bede Christina Rossetti George Washington David Hume Ernest Rutherford Alfred Tennyson Ludwig Wittgenstein Robert Malthus Robin Hood John Wyclif James Clerk Maxwell Octavia Hill Charles Edward George, Lord Byron John Milton John Foxe Oscar Wilde Athelstan Charles Dickens Edmund Burke William Shakespeare William Hazlitt Thomas Stearns Eliot Boudicca

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