Lumsdaine Moor
Lumsdaine is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Arthur A. Lumsdaine (1913–1989), American applied psychologist *David Lumsdaine (1931–2024), Australian composer * Leon Lumsdaine (1923–1966), British modern pentathlete *Jack Lumsdaine John Sinclair Lumsdaine (18 November 1895 – 28 August 1948) was an Australian singer and songwriter. His best known songs celebrate Australian personalities Donald Bradman, Phar Lap and Sydney Harbour Bridge. He was highly sought for adverti ...

Arthur A
Arthur is a common male given name of Brythonic origin. Its popularity derives from it being the name of the legendary hero King Arthur. The etymology is disputed. It may derive from the Celtic ''Artos'' meaning “Bear”. Another theory, more widely believed, is that the name is derived from the Roman clan '' Artorius'' who lived in Roman Britain for centuries. A common spelling variant used in many Slavic, Romance, and Germanic languages is Artur. In Spanish and Italian it is Arturo. Etymology The earliest datable attestation of the name Arthur is in the early 9th century Welsh-Latin text ''Historia Brittonum'', where it refers to a circa 5th to 6th-century Briton general who fought against the invading Saxons, and who later gave rise to the famous King Arthur of medieval legend and literature. A possible earlier mention of the same man is to be found in the epic Welsh poem ''Y Gododdin'' by Aneirin, which some scholars assign to the late 6th century, though this is still a ma ...
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David Lumsdaine
David Newton Lumsdaine (born 31 October 1931) is an Australian composer. He studied at the New South Wales Conservatorium of Music (as it was then known). He moved to England in 1952 and for a while shared a flat with fellow expatriate, the poet Peter Porter, with whom he collaborated on several projects including the cantata ''Annotations of Auschwitz'' (1964). In London he studied composition at the Royal Academy of Music with Lennox Berkeley. In 1970 he took a lecturing position at Durham University. In 1981 he took a post as senior lecturer at King's College London. He is published by The University of York Music Press and Universal Edition. In 1979 he married the composer Nicola LeFanu.'LeFANU, Prof. Nicola Frances', Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012 ; online edn, Nov 201accessed 24 Dec 2012/ref> Works Lumsdaine has disowned all works he composed before ''Annotations of Auschwitz'' ...
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Leon Lumsdaine
Leon Lumsdaine (31 January 1923 – 29 March 1966) was a British modern pentathlete. He competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin .... References 1923 births 1966 deaths British male modern pentathletes Olympic modern pentathletes for Great Britain Modern pentathletes at the 1952 Summer Olympics Athletes from Shanghai {{UK-modern-pentathlon-bio-stub ...
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