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Pat Hall
This article is about the British ornithologist. For other people with the same name, see Patricia Hall (disambiguation).
Beryl Patricia Hall, née Woodhouse (13 June 1917 – 26 August 2010) was a British ornithologist, associated with the Natural History Museum. She is best known for her work on African birds. She also wrote a book of whimsical poems with Derek Goodwin called the Bird Room Ballads (1969).
Life
Pat grew up in Epsom, Surrey, born in an upper-middle-class family. Her ambition was to study mathematics at Cambridge but she failed to pursue it due to opposition from her parents. Forced to spend several years at home, she took to watching birds and then decided to sign up for the Women's Legion in 1939. Her work involved teaching ambulance driving and precautions during Air Raids. She got engaged to John Hall, a lieutenant in the army who was posted in the Middle East. She was initially posted to South Africa and she transferred to Egypt in March 1941 allowing her to marry John.
After the war she returned to the UK and in 1947, following a
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Pat Burrell
American baseball player (born 1976)
Baseball player
Patrick Brian Burrell (born October 10, 1976), nicknamed "Pat the Bat",[1] is an American former professional baseballoutfielder and current hitting coach for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played in MLB for the Philadelphia Phillies, Tampa Bay Rays, and San Francisco Giants. Burrell won two World Series championships (2008, 2010). During his playing days, he stood 6 feet 4 inches (1.93 m) tall, weighing 235 pounds (107 kg). He batted and threw right-handed.
Burrell attended the University of Miami, where he won the Golden Spikes Award in 1998. On June 2, 1998, he was the first overall draft pick by the Philadelphia Phillies. After two years in the minor leagues, Burrell was called up by the Phillies in 2000, and he finished fourth in voting for the National League Rookie of the Year Award. After hitting 27 home runs (HR) in 2001 (the first of eight straight years in which Burrell would hit at least 20), he hit a career-high 37 home runs in 2002 an
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Beryl Gilroy
Guyanese educator and writer (1924–2001)
Beryl Gilroy | |
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| Born | Beryl Agatha Answick (1924-08-30)30 August 1924 Skeldon, Berbice, British Guiana |
| Died | 4 April 2001(2001-04-04) (aged 76) United Kingdom |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, teacher |
| Known for | The first Black headteacher in London Black Teacher |
| Spouse | Patrick Gilroy (1955–1975; his death) |
| Children | Paul Gilroy Darla-Jane Gilroy |
Beryl Agatha Gilroy (néeAnswick; 30 August 1924 – 4 April 2001)[1] was a Guyanese educator, novelist, ethno-psychotherapist, and poet. The Guardian described her as "one of Britain's most significant post-war Caribbean migrants."[2] She emigrated to London in 1951 as part of the Windrush generation to attend the University of London, then spend decades teaching, writing, and improving education.[3] She worked primarily with Black women and children as a psychotherapist and her children's books are lauded as some of the first representations of Black London.[4][5][6] She is perhaps be
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