Hart-Davis is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Adam Hart-Davis
Adam John Hart-Davis (born 4 July 1943) is an English scientist, author, photographer, historian and broadcaster. He presented the BBC television series '' Local Heroes'' and '' What the Romans Did for Us'', the latter spawning several spin-off ...
(born 1943), English scientist, author, photographer, historian and broadcaster
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Alice Hart-Davis
Alice Hart-Davis (born 1963) is a British people, British journalist, author and founder of thetweakmentsguide.com.
Early life
Born in Builth Wells, the daughter of the biographer and journalist Duff Hart-Davis, and a granddaughter of publisher ...
(born 1963), British journalist and author
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Deirdre Hart-Davis (1909–1999), English socialite
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Duff Hart-Davis
Peter Duff Hart-Davis (born 3 June 1936), generally known as Duff Hart-Davis is a British biographer, naturalist and journalist, who writes for ''The Independent'' newspaper. He is married to Phyllida Barstow and has one son and one daughter, th ...
(born 1936), British biographer, naturalist and journalist
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Jack Hart-Davis (1900–1963), South African cricket umpire
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Rupert Hart-Davis
Sir Rupert Charles Hart-Davis (28 August 1907 – 8 December 1999) was an English publisher and editor. He founded the publishing company Rupert Hart-Davis Ltd. As a biographer, he is remembered for his ''Hugh Walpole'' (1952), as an editor, f ...
(1907–1999), British publisher, literary editor, and man of letters
Others
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Hart Davis (1791–1854), British politician, MP for
Colchester
Colchester ( ) is a city in Essex, in the East of England. It had a population of 122,000 in 2011. The demonym is Colcestrian.
Colchester occupies the site of Camulodunum, the first major city in Roman Britain and its first capital. Colches ...
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Hart-Davis, MacGibbon, British publishing house
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Lyttelton/Hart-Davis Letters
The Lyttelton/Hart-Davis Letters are a correspondence between two literary Englishmen, George Lyttelton (1883–1962) and Rupert Hart-Davis (1907–99), written between 1955 and Lyttelton's death, and published by Hart-Davis in six volumes betwee ...
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Rupert Hart-Davis
Sir Rupert Charles Hart-Davis (28 August 1907 – 8 December 1999) was an English publisher and editor. He founded the publishing company Rupert Hart-Davis Ltd. As a biographer, he is remembered for his ''Hugh Walpole'' (1952), as an editor, f ...
' published volumes of correspondence with
George William Lyttelton
The Honourable, The Hon George William Lyttelton (6 January 1883 – 1 May 1962) was a British teacher and ''littérateur'' from the Lyttelton family. Known in his lifetime as an inspiring teacher of classics and English literature at Eton C ...
* William Hart Davis, pen name of
Bill Pronzini
Bill Pronzini (born April 13, 1943) is an American writer of detective fiction. He is also an active anthologist, having compiled more than 100 collections, most of which focus on mystery, western, and science fiction short stories. Pronzini is ...
(born 1943), American writer
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William Watts Hart Davis (1820–1910), American brigadier general
See also
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Hart (surname) Hart is a surname. Notable people with the surname Hart include:
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* Aaron Hart (disambiguation), any of several people of the same name
* Abigail Hart, victim of the Hart family murders
* Alan Hart (disambiguation), any of several people of t ...
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Davis (surname)
Davis is a surname of English and Welsh origin.
As an English surname it may be a corruption of Davy or a reference to King David in the Old Testament. As a Welsh surname may be a corruption of Dyfed, related to Irish colonists who occupied an ...
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Compound surnames
English-language surnames
Surnames of English origin
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