Updated at November 21, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Frank Francis |
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Birthdate | October 05, 1901 |
Birth Place | England |
Age (in 2024) | 123 Years Old |
Zodiac | Libra |
Occupation | Non-Fiction Author |
Frank Francis is best known as Non-Fiction Author who has born on October 05, 1901 in England. Currently, Frank Francis is 123 years, 1 months and 16 days old. Frank Francis will celebrate 124th birthday on Sunday, 5th of October 2025. Below the countdown to Frank Francis upcoming birthday.
Famous as a bibliographer, librarian, and curator, Francis is particularly remembered for his longtime association with the British Museum in London, England. He became director of the museum in the late 1950s and was responsible for much of the institution's modernization.
After earning a degree in Classics from Liverpool University, he studied Greek philosophy at Emmanuel College, Cambridge University.
He pioneered the use of computers in cataloging libraries' holdings.
The only son of Elizabeth and Frank Francis, he was born and raised in Liverpool, England. His marriage to Katrina McClennon began in 1927 and produced three children.
He and nineteenth-century English poet Coventry Patmore were both employed by the British Museum.
Frank Francis is 123 years old today.
Frank Francis was born on October 05, 1901 in England.
Frank Francis zodiac sign is Libra.
Frank Francis was best known as Non-Fiction Author.
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Below are historical events that coincided with Frank Francis's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1963 | The United States suspends the Commercial Import Program in response to repression of the Buddhist majority by the regime of President Ngo Dinh Diem. |
1966 | A reactor at the Enrico Fermi Nuclear Generating Station near Detroit suffers a partial meltdown. |
1968 | A Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association march in Derry is violently suppressed by police. |
1970 | The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is founded. |
1970 | The British Trade Commissioner, James Cross, is kidnapped by members of the Front de libération du Québec, triggering the October Crisis in Canada. |
1974 | Bombs planted by the PIRA in pubs in Guildford kill four British soldiers and one civilian. |
1982 | Tylenol products are recalled after bottles in Chicago laced with cyanide cause seven deaths. |
1984 | Marc Garneau becomes the first Canadian in space. |
1986 | Mordechai Vanunu's story in The Sunday Times reveals Israel's secret nuclear weapons. |
1988 | A Chilean opposition coalition defeats Augusto Pinochet in his re-election attempt. |
1990 | After 150 years The Herald newspaper in Melbourne, Australia, is published for the last time as a separate newspaper. |
1991 | An Indonesian Air Force C-130 crash kills 135 people. |
1999 | The Ladbroke Grove rail crash in west London kills 31 people. |
2000 | Mass demonstrations in Serbia force the resignation of Slobodan Milošević. |
2011 | In the Mekong River massacre, two Chinese cargo boats are hijacked and 13 crew members murdered. |
1987 | The birth of Kevin Mirallas, Belgian footballer |
1987 | The birth of Tim Ream, American soccer player |
1987 | The birth of Park So-yeon, South Korean singer, dancer, and actress |
1987 | The birth of Luigi Vitale, Italian footballer |
1988 | The birth of Benny Howell, English cricketer |
1988 | The birth of Bahar Kızıl, German singer-songwriter |
1988 | The birth of Maja Salvador, Filipino actress, dancer, singer, and host |
1989 | The birth of Kelsey Adrian, Canadian basketball player |
1989 | The birth of Marcel Baude, German footballer |
1989 | The birth of Ify Ibekwe, American basketball player |
1989 | The birth of Travis Kelce, American football player |
1990 | The birth of Nathan Peats, Australian rugby league player |
1992 | The birth of Kevin Magnussen, Danish racing driver |
1993 | The birth of Wakamotoharu Minato, Japanese sumo wrestler |
2006 | The birth of Jacob Tremblay, Canadian actor |
2012 | The death of Edvard Mirzoyan, Georgian-Armenian composer and educator (b. 1921) |
2012 | The death of Claude Pinoteau, French director and screenwriter (b. 1925) |
2013 | The death of Ruth R. Benerito, American chemist and academic (b. 1916) |
2013 | The death of Carlo Lizzani, Italian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1922) |
2013 | The death of Yakkun Sakurazuka, Japanese voice actress and singer (b. 1976) |
2014 | The death of David Chavchavadze, English-American CIA officer and author (b. 1924) |
2014 | The death of Andrea de Cesaris, Italian racing driver (b. 1959) |
2014 | The death of Geoffrey Holder, Trinidadian-American actor, singer, dancer, and choreographer (b. 1930) |
2014 | The death of Yuri Lyubimov, Russian actor and director (b. 1917) |
2015 | The death of Chantal Akerman, Belgian-French actress, director, and producer (b. 1950) |
2015 | The death of Joker Arroyo, Filipino lawyer and politician (b. 1927) |
2015 | The death of Grace Lee Boggs, American philosopher, author, and activist (b. 1915) |
2015 | The death of Henning Mankell, Swedish author and playwright (b. 1948) |
2016 | The death of Brock Yates, American journalist and author (b. 1933) |
2017 | The death of Eberhard van der Laan, Dutch politician, mayor of Amsterdam (b. 1955) |
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Wikipedia | Frank Francis on Wikipedia |
Website | Frank Francis's Webiste |
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