1st Earl of Snowdon, English photographer and a former member of the British royal family (born 1930)

Antony Armstrong-Jones

Antony Charles Robert Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon, was a British photographer. He was best known internationally for his portraits of prominent cultural and political figures, many of which were published in Vogue, Vanity Fair, The Sunday Times Magazine, The Sunday Telegraph Magazine, and other major outlets. More than 280 of his photographs are held in the permanent collections of the National Portrait Gallery. Between 1968 and 1973, he directed several television documentaries and contributed to design and accessibility reforms.

Born

1930

March 7

Died

2017

Era

1930s

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Antony, in brief

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What else happened on this day, through history

161 Marcus Aurelius and L. Commodus (who changes his name to Lucius Verus) become joint emperors of Rome on the death of Antoninus Pius.
681 The Third Council of Constantinople deposes patriarch Macarius I of Antioch.
1138 Konrad III von Hohenstaufen is elected king of Germany at Coblenz in the presence of the papal legate Theodwin.
1277 The University of Paris issues the last in a series of condemnations of various philosophical and theological theses.

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The world in 1930

When Antony arrived

april 18 A fire kills 118 people at a wooden church in the small Romanian town of Costești, most of them schoolchildren, after starting during Good Friday services.
april 2 After the mysterious death of Empress Zewditu, Haile Selassie is proclaimed emperor of Ethiopia.
april 22 The United Kingdom, Japan and the United States sign the London Naval Treaty regulating submarine warfare and limiting shipbuilding.
april 28 The Independence Producers host the first night game in the history of Organized Baseball in Independence, Kansas.

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Also born on March 7

Cecilie Thoresen Krog 1858–1911 Norwegian women's rights pioneer (died 1911) John Tovey 1885–1971 1st Baron Tovey, English admiral (born 1885) Nicéphore Niépce 1765–1833 French inventor, created the first known photograph (born 1765) Niclas Bergfors 1987– Swedish ice hockey player Taylor Dayne 1962– American singer-songwriter and actress

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1930

Ahmad Shah of Pahang (died 2019) 1930– Alfred Balk 1930–2010 American journalist and author (died 2010) Alifa Rifaat 1930– Egyptian author (died 1996) Anne Francis 1930–2011 American actress (born 1930) Carolyn Jones 1930–1983 American actress (died 1983) Chris Barber 1930– English trombonist and bandleader (died 2021) David Dacko 1930–2003 Central African politician, 1st president of the Central African Republic (died 2003) Dolores Huerta 1930– American activist, co-founded the United Farm Workers Earl Weaver 1930–2013 American baseball player and manager (died 2013)

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