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Clore Gallery London Dec07
Clore is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Charles Clore (1904–1979), British financier, retail and property magnate and philanthropist * G. Marius Clore (born 1955), British/American molecular biophysicist * Joanna Clore, character in the British sitcom Green Wing, played by Pippa Haywood * Walter Clore (1911–2003), pioneer in wine growing and agricultural research in Washington State See also * Clore Gallery at the Tate Britain art gallery in London, which houses work by J. M. W. Turner * Clore Garden at the Weizmann Institute of Science, a university and research institute in Rehovot, Israel * Charles Clore Park, beachfront public park in southwestern Tel Aviv, Israel * Clore Leadership Programme, British programme of professional training and personal development * Clore Tikva Primary School, Jewish voluntary aided primary school in Barkingside, London, England *Claw *Clor Clor was a short-lived five-piece band from Brixton, England, formed by Barr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Clore
Sir Charles Clore (26 December 1904 – 26 July 1979) was a British financier, retail and property magnate, and philanthropist. Biography Clore was of Lithuanian Jewish background, the son of Israel Clore, a Whitechapel tailor who had emigrated to London, and later to Israel. Clore moved to Birmingham and went to Montgomery Street School. He worked at his father's textile business but then moved to South Africa at the age of 20. Clore first made money buying and selling South African film rights to a world championship boxing match between Gene Tunney and Jack Dempsey in 1926. In 1930 he bought Cricklewood ice rink but sold this to acquire the Prince of Wales Theatre near Leicester Square. He also invested in Lyndenburg Estates, a South African gold mining company. In 1939, he led a syndicate to acquire London Casino. After the war, he made more acquisitions, including a shareholding in Park Royal Vehicles, a textile mill in Yorkshire, and Richard Shops (a women's fashion r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joanna Clore
''Green Wing'' is a British sitcom set in the fictional East Hampton Hospital. It was created by the same team behind the Sketch comedy, sketch show ''Smack the Pony'' – Channel 4 commissioner Caroline Leddy and producer Victoria Pile – and stars Mark Heap, Tamsin Greig, Stephen Mangan and Julian Rhind-Tutt. It focuses on soap opera-style twists and turns in the personal lives of the characters, portrayed in sketch-like scenes and sequences in which the film is slowed down or sped up, often emphasising the body language of the characters. The show had eight writers. Two series were made by the Talkback Thames Film production, production company for Channel 4. The series ran between 3 September 2004 and 19 May 2006. One episode, filmed with the second series, was shown as a 90-minute-long Television special, special on 4 January 2007 in the UK, but was shown earlier in Australia and Belgium on 29 December 2006. Separate from the series, a sketch was made for Comic Relief (char ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
