Building Biographer

Honey Pot House ... where AC first wooed 'Sweet Jane'; In 1956, diarist and MP Alan Clark paid [pounds sterling]1,800 for this Rye home - now it is for sale at [pounds sterling]595,000.(Features)
The Mail on Sunday (London, England); 11/15/2009; 1114 words; ...known as 11 Watchbell Street - a Grade II listed Georgian building in one of the most historic, cobbled streets in Rye, East...father's London flat in Albany if he was lucky,' said his biographer, Ion Trewin, last week. 'And he was also only a matter...

OUR VIEW: BRUCE KING RIDES OFF BEYOND THE SUNSET.(Editorials)
The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM); 11/14/2009; 897 words; ...established himself as a man of his word, standing by his road-building priorities while making sure the next project in line was...There were two keys to getting elected back then," King told biographer Poling: "One was a lot of people-to-people contact...

Roberts: First black franchisee.(NEWS)
Automotive News; 11/9/2009; 751 words; ...new-car franchise, his biographer asserts even though few people...Roberts built the Roberts Building in Kansas City at a cost of $70,000. Gibson said the building housed Roberts Motor Mart...display space for 60 cars. The building also had restaurants, a barber...

Eiffel's Tower: And the World's Fair Where Buffalo Bill Beguiled Paris, the Artists Quarreled, and Thomas Edison Became a Count.(Book review)
The Humanist; 11/1/2009; 1531 words; ...tower with a "distinctive character" (to quote an Eiffel biographer) was declared the winner in 1886. (One of the losing concepts...world, it wasn't eclipsed until New York City's Chrysler Building was built in 1929). Eiffel's tour de force, despite its...

Bobbie Oliver, Jean Beadle: A Life of Labor Activism.(Book review)
Labour History - A Journal of Labour and Social History; 11/1/2009; 841 words; ...Australia-wide cast of women prominent in building labour organisations and the Australian...unearthed here helpful to other labour biographers and historians. The careful research...is a woman, she rightly criticises biographers who fill the gap with speculation on...