Updated at November 21, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Geoffrey Grigson |
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Birthdate | March 02, 1905 |
Birth Place | England |
Age (in 2024) | 119 Years Old |
Zodiac | Pisces |
Occupation | Poet |
Geoffrey Grigson is best known as Poet who has born on March 02, 1905 in England. Currently, Geoffrey Grigson is 119 years, 8 months and 19 days old. Geoffrey Grigson will celebrate 120th birthday on Sunday, 2nd of March 2025. Below the countdown to Geoffrey Grigson upcoming birthday.
English poet, author, editor, critic, and naturalist known for Wild Flowers in Britain, An Ingestion of Ice Cream, and other works. He received the 1971 Duff Cooper Prize for a poetry collection entitled Discoveries of Bones and Stones.
He was one of seven sons born to a clergyman. Sadly, five of his brothers were killed in either World War I or World War II.
He worked as an editor for the BBC Monitoring Service during World War II.
He was married three times -- to Francis Galt, Berta Emma Kunert, and Jane McIntire -- and had four children.
He was the father of jazz musician Lionel Grigson.
Geoffrey Grigson is 119 years old today.
Geoffrey Grigson was born on March 02, 1905 in England.
Geoffrey Grigson zodiac sign is Pisces.
Geoffrey Grigson was best known as Poet.
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Below are historical events that coincided with Geoffrey Grigson's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1978 | Czech Vladimír Remek becomes the first non-Russian or non-American to go into space, when he is launched aboard Soyuz 28. |
1978 | The late iconic actor Charlie Chaplin's coffin is stolen from his grave in Switzerland. |
1983 | Compact discs and players are released for the first time in the United States and other markets. They had previously been available only in Japan. |
1989 | Twelve European Community nations agree to ban the production of all chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) by the end of the century. |
1990 | Nelson Mandela is elected deputy President of the African National Congress. |
1991 | Establishment of Kuwait Democratic Forum, center-left political organization in Kuwait. |
1991 | Battle at Rumaila oil field brings an end to the 1991 Gulf War. |
1992 | Start of the war in Transnistria. |
1992 | Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, San Marino, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, all of which (except San Marino) were former Soviet republics, join the United Nations. |
1995 | Researchers at Fermilab announce the discovery of the top quark. |
1998 | Data sent from the Galileo spacecraft indicates that Jupiter's moon Europa has a liquid ocean under a thick crust of ice. |
2002 | U.S. invasion of Afghanistan: Operation Anaconda begins, (ending on March 19 after killing 500 Taliban and al-Qaeda fighters, with 11 Western troop fatalities). |
2004 | War in Iraq: Al-Qaeda carries out the Ashoura Massacre in Iraq, killing 170 and wounding over 500. |
2012 | A tornado outbreak occurs over a large section of the Southern United States and into the Ohio Valley region, resulting in 40 tornado-related fatalities. |
2017 | The elements Moscovium, Tennessine, and Oganesson are officially added to the periodic table at a conference in Moscow, Russia. |
1989 | The birth of Toby Alderweireld, Belgian international footballer |
1989 | The birth of André Bernardes Santos, Portuguese footballer |
1989 | The birth of Marcel Hirscher, Austrian skier |
1989 | The birth of Shane Vereen, American football player |
1989 | The birth of Chris Woakes, English cricketer |
1990 | The birth of Rauno Alliku, Estonian footballer |
1990 | The birth of Malcolm Butler, American football player |
1990 | The birth of Josh McGuire, Australian rugby league player |
1990 | The birth of Tiger Shroff, Indian actor |
1991 | The birth of Nick Franklin, American baseball player |
1992 | The birth of Jack Stockwell, Australian rugby league player |
1995 | The birth of Ange-Freddy Plumain, French footballer |
1997 | The birth of Becky G, American singer and actress |
2010 | The birth of Hailey Dawson, American with a 3D-printed robotic hand |
2016 | The birth of Prince Oscar, duke of Skåne and prince of Sweden |
2012 | The death of Van T. Barfoot, American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1919) |
2012 | The death of Norman St John-Stevas, English academic and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (b. 1929) |
2012 | The death of James Q. Wilson, American political scientist and academic (b. 1931) |
2013 | The death of Peter Harvey, Australian journalist (b. 1944) |
2013 | The death of Giorgos Kolokithas, Greek basketball player (b. 1945) |
2013 | The death of Shabnam Shakeel, Pakistani poet and author (b. 1942) |
2014 | The death of Ryhor Baradulin, Belarusian poet and translator (b. 1935) |
2015 | The death of Dean Hess, American minister and colonel (b. 1917) |
2015 | The death of Dave Mackay, Scottish-English footballer and manager (b. 1934) |
2015 | The death of Mal Peet, English author and illustrator (b. 1947) |
2016 | The death of Benoît Lacroix, Canadian priest, historian, and philosopher (b. 1915) |
2016 | The death of Aubrey McClendon, American businessman (b. 1959) |
2018 | The death of Billy Herrington, American actor (b. 1969) |
2018 | The death of Lin Hu, Chinese lieutenant general (b. 1927) |
2019 | The death of Mike Oliver, British sociologist, disability rights activist (b. 1945) |
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