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Joan Zuckerman
Joan, Lady Zuckerman (born Lady Joan Alice Violet Isaacs; 19 July 1918 – 25 March 2000) was a British hostess, writer and painter. Life Zuckerman was born in Sussex in 1918. Her mother was the Honourable Eva Violet Mond, President of the National Council of Women. Her father was the politician Gerald Isaacs, 2nd Marquess of Reading. In 1939, Zuckerman married the scientist Solly Zuckerman, Baron Zuckerman, OM, KCB, FRS (1904–1993). They were both friends with prominent members of the Labour Party including Hugh and Dora Gaitskell and Roy and Jennifer Jenkins. In 1950 she and her husband were involved with organising a meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science The British Science Association (BSA) is a charity and learned society founded in 1831 to aid in the promotion and development of science. Until 2009 it was known as the British Association for the Advancement of Science (BA). The current Chie ... in Birmingham. Scientist Henry Tizard a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sussex
Sussex (), from the Old English (), is a historic county in South East England that was formerly an independent medieval Anglo-Saxon kingdom. It is bounded to the west by Hampshire, north by Surrey, northeast by Kent, south by the English Channel, and divided for many purposes into the ceremonial counties of West Sussex and East Sussex. Brighton and Hove, though part of East Sussex, was made a unitary authority in 1997, and as such, is administered independently of the rest of East Sussex. Brighton and Hove was granted city status in 2000. Until then, Chichester was Sussex's only city. The Brighton and Hove built-up area is the 15th largest conurbation in the UK and Brighton and Hove is the most populous city or town in Sussex. Crawley, Worthing and Eastbourne are major towns, each with a population over 100,000. Sussex has three main geographic sub-regions, each oriented approximately east to west. In the southwest is the fertile and densely populated coastal plain. Nort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
