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Heather Grace Angel ,a British actress Born 9 February 1909 – 13 December 1986

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  Heather Grace Angel , a British  actress Born  9 February 1909 –  13 December 1986 Heather Grace Angel (9 February 1909 – 13 December 1986) was a British actress. Early years Angel was born 9 February 1909 in Headington, Oxford, England.[1][2] She was the daughter of Mary Letitia Stock and Andrea Angel, an Oxford University chemistry lecturer and initially a don at Brasenose College and later at Christ Church. They were married in 1904 and, after the wedding, they moved to the Banbury Road.[3] Andrea Angel's maternal grandfather was an Italian refugee and he was named after his uncle Andrea Rabagliati. In the 1911 UK Census, the family is shown as living at 17 Banbury Road, Oxford along with three servants. She was the younger of two sisters. Andrea Angel was killed in the Silvertown explosion in January 1917, and posthumously awarded the Edward Medal (First Class).[4] In his will, he left his wife £374[5] and shortly thereafter, his wife moved to London with the t...

GRACE BEDELL, AGED 11 ,ADVISED LINCOLN TO GROW WHISKERS

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GRACE BEDELL, AGED 11 , ADVISED LINCOLN  TO  GROW WHISKERS All the ladies like whiskers!' Revealed, the girl, 11, who convinced Lincoln to grow his iconic beard Even among the distinguished company of former U.S. presidents, Abraham Lincoln's portrait stands out.  Nearly every schoolchild can pick out the 16th president, thanks his to tall, this frame, his long coat and stovepipe hat - and the distinctive beard on his chin.  The source of the president's facial hair has been revealed as an 11-year-old girl who wrote a letter to the then-Republican presidential candidate and urged him to grow a beard because 'all the ladies like whiskers.' Grace Bedell of Westfield, New York, penned a letter to Lincoln in October 19,1860 suggesting that he would have a better chance of getting elected if he grew a beard, Mental Floss magazine reports. The story of Lincoln's trademark beard has become a source of national interest after the release - an...