Macpherson was born in Blairgowrie, Perth and Kinross, Scotland. He studied at Summer Fields School, a preparatory school near Oxford. He later studied at Wellington College in Crowthorne and Trinity College, Oxford.
Macpherson died on 14 February 2021, aged 94.
Alaa Murabit
Alaa Murabit (born October 26, 1989) is a Canadian physician and leading international activist for peace processes. Murabit is an UN High-Level Commissioner on Health Employment and Economic Growth and one of only 17 Sustainable Development Goal Global Advocates appointed by the UN Secretary General.
Murabit is an Ashoka fellow, and the youngest recipient of the Marisa Bellisario International Humanitarian Award by the Italian Government, named the “International Trust Women Hero 2014” by The New York Times, “One of 25 women under 25 to watch” by Newsweek, a “100 Top Woman” by the BBC and the SAFE Global Hero.
Murabit’s TED Talk, released in July 2015, “What my religion really says about women” was selected as the TED Talk of the Day and one of four moving TED Talks you should watch right now by The New York Times.
Murabit received her Medical Doctorate in from the University of Zawiya in 2013. She went on to receive a Masters in International Strategy and Diplomacy with Distinction from the LSE in 2016 where her research focused on securitization processes, with a dissertation titled "White Man’s Burden: Disease, Security and the Stigmatisation of the Periphery".
In July 2016 Alaa was selected as an MIT Director’s Fellow and in January 2017 was named as a 2017 Forbes 30 Under 30 for her work in Healthcare. In March 2017 she was appointed a Malala Fund board member.
William McPherson
William McPherson (March 16, 1933 – March 28, 2017) was an American writer and journalist. He is the author of two novels, "Testing the Current" and "To the Sargasso Sea", and many articles, essays, and book reviews. McPherson was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Distinguished Criticism in 1977. He worked as a journalist for "The Washington Post" during his journalist career.
McPherson died at a medical center in Washington, D.C. on March 28, 2017 from complications of congestive heart failure and pneumonia, aged 84.
Janine Sutto
Janine Sutto (20 April 1921 – 28 March 2017) was a French-born Canadian actress. She was born in Paris, but raised in Montreal. In 1943, she was a founding member of the Théâtre de l'Equipe troupe and continued acting on stage through the early 1950s with Théâtre du Nouveau Monde.
Sutto was known for her roles in "Kamouraska", "Congorama", and in "Route 132".
Sutto died in Montreal on 28 March 2017.
Enn Vetemaa
Enn Vetemaa (June 20, 1936 – March 28, 2017) was an Estonian writer sometimes called as a "forgotten classic" as well as "the unofficial master of the Estonian Modernist short novel".
Vetemaa published "Small Novells" : Tiredness (Усталость) (1967), "Väike reekviem suupillile" (written in 1967, printed in 1968), "Munad hiina moodi" (English: "Chinese Eggs") (written – 1967–1969, printed – 1972). All together Vetemaa wrote ten "short novels"
Vetemaa worked as a playwright. His play "Õhtusöök viiele" (Dinner for Five), first performed in 1972, and the comedy "Püha Susanna ehk Meistrite kool" ("Saint Susanna or the School of Masters"), first performed in 1974, showed Vetemaa’s sharp eye and witty lines; texts without which Estonian Theatre History would not be complete.
Vetemaa was born in Tallinn, Estonia. He died in Tallinn on March 28, 2017, aged 80.
Wim Schermerhorn
Willem "Wim" Schermerhorn (December 17, 1894 in Akersloot - March 10, 1977 in Haarlem) was a Dutch politician.
He was originally a member of the Free-thinking Democratic League (VDB) and later of the Labour Party (PvdA).
He was prime minister of the Netherlands from 1945 till 1946, a member of the Second Chamber from 1948 till 1951, and a member of the First Chamber from 1951 till 1965.
Schermerhorn studied civil engineering at Delft University of Technology, and was also a professor at this university.
During World War II he performed important resistance activities, and had been imprisoned as a hostage for some time.
Schermerhorn belonged to the Remonstrant Church. He died in 1977, aged 83.
Hroðgar
Hrothgar is a character in the epic poem Beowulf. He is the king of Denmark and in the poem, his kingdom is under attack from the monster Grendel. When the warrior Beowulf arrives, he battles and slays the monster when he attacks the king's mead hall Heorot. After a night of celebrating, Grendel's mother attacks in retaliation for her son's death. Beowulf tracks her down to her lair and slays her, after which he returns to his native Geatland. Nothing is stated about Hrothgar after these events, but he presumably passes away.
Narcissus (mythology)
In classical mythology, Narcissus was a beautiful hunter from Boetia. The most popular myth about him features him falling in love with his own reflection in a pool of water, which he stared at until he died. His name is the origin of the term narcissism, which means a fixation a person has with their own appearance.
Narcissism
Narcissism is a condition in which a person admires their own attributes through vanity or egotism. The term is derived from Narcissus, a figure from classical mythology who fell in love with the sight of his own face.
Wiglaf
Wiglaf is a character in the epic poem Beowulf. He is the orphaned son of a warrior king who enters the service of Beowulf, who is now the king of the Geats. He assists the warrior king in his battle against a dragon which has attacked his kingdom. Beowulf is incapacitated, but Wiglaf comes to help him and eventually the dragon dies after it is stabbed (cut with a blade) in the throat. The old king is severely injured and asks to see the dragon's treasure. With his dying words, he crowns Wiglaf as his successor (as he does not have any biological children and all of his forebears have died). Beowulf is then burned in a Norse funeral and Wiglaf rules the kingdom.
Delft University of Technology
Delft University of Technology (Dutch: "Technische Universiteit Delft"), shortened to TU Delft, is a technical public university in Delft, a city in the province of South Holland, the Netherlands.
Delft University of Technology was established in 1842.
It has about 21,000 students.
Its focus is on technology.
Eindhoven University of Technology
Eindhoven University of Technology (Dutch: "Technische Universiteit Eindhoven"), shortened to TU/e, is a technical public university in Eindhoven, a city in the province of North Brabant, the Netherlands.
Eindhoven University of Technology was established in 1956.
It has about 11,000 students.
Its focus is on technology.
University of Twente
University of Twente (Dutch: "Universiteit Twente"), shortened to UT, is a technical public university in Enschede, a city in the province of Overijssel, the Netherlands.
The University of Twente was established in 1961.
It was called "Technical College of Twente" (Dutch: "Technische Hogeschool Twente") until 1986.
It has about 10,000 students.
Its focus is on technology and social sciences.
Lilian Janse-van der Weele
Lilian Janse-van der Weele (born 1973 in Flushing) is a Dutch politician.
She has been a member of the municipal council of Flushing ("Vlissingen" in Dutch) since 2014, and also the first female politician of the Reformed Political Party (SGP).
Bellac
Bellac () is a "commune" in the Haute-Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France. It is a subprefecture of the Haute-Vienne department. It is also the capital of the "arrondissement" of the same name.
The city of Bellac is near the "Monts de Blond" (some hills that are part of the Massif Central), in the northwest of the department. The Vincou river (a tributary of the Gartempe) flows through the city.
Bellac is at about from Limoges, from Poitiers, from Angoulême, from Bordeaux and from Paris.