English photographer, painter, and costume designer (died 1980)

Cecil Beaton

Sir Cecil Walter Hardy Beaton was a British photographer, designer, and diarist. Renowned for his elegant and often theatrical style, Beaton's work appeared in leading publications such as Vogue and Harper's Bazaar. He gained international acclaim for his portraits of celebrities, royalty, and socialites, as well as his work in fashion, theatre, and film. Though he is best known for his celebrity portraits, Beaton was also one of the most prolific photographers of life during World War II, taking over 7,000 photographs between 1940 and 1945 in Britain as well as in China and Africa.

Born

1904

January 14

Died

1980

Era

1900s

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1904 Born
1980 Died

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1236 King Henry III of England marries Eleanor of Provence.
1301 Andrew III of Hungary dies, ending the Árpád dynasty in Hungary.
1761 The Third Battle of Panipat, the largest battle of the 18th century, is fought in India between the Afghan Durrani Empire under Ahmad Shah Durrani, and the Maratha Empire under Sadashivrao Bhau.
1784 American Revolutionary War: Ratification Day, United States: Congress ratifies the Treaty of Paris with Great Britain.

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The world in 1904

When Cecil arrived

april 4 Two Ms  ~7.1 earthquakes, among the largest in Europe, strike Bulgaria, killing over 200 people and causing destruction.
april 8 The French Third Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland sign the Entente cordiale.
august 10 Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of the Yellow Sea between the Russian and Japanese battleship fleets takes place.
august 23 The automobile tire chain is patented.

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Albert Schweitzer 1875–1965 French-German physician and philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1965) Byron Leftwich 1980– American football player and coach Carl Weathers 1948–2024 American football player and actor (born 1948) Hugo Steinhaus 1887– Polish mathematician and academic (died 1972) Johan Rudolph Thorbecke 1798–1872 Dutch historian, jurist, and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of the Netherlands (died 1872) Jordan Ladd 1975– American actress Ken Sailors 1921– American basketball player (died 2016) Kevin Durand 1974– Canadian actor Moscelyne Larkin 1925–2012 American ballerina and educator (born 1925)

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Also born in 1904

Alejo Carpentier 1904–1980 Swiss-Cuban musicologist and author (born 1904) Bozorg Alavi 1904– Iranian author and activist (died 1997) Charles R. Drew 1904–1950 American physician and surgeon (born 1904) Clifford Roach 1904– Trinidadian cricketer and footballer (died 1988) Clyfford Still 1904–1980 American painter and academic (born 1904) Coleman Hawkins 1904–1969 American saxophonist and clarinet player (born 1901) Deng Xiaoping 1904–1997 Chinese soldier and politician, paramount leader and 1st Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (died 1997) George Klein 1904–1992 Canadian inventor, invented the motorized wheelchair (died 1992) Gerhard Herzberg 1904–1999 German-Canadian physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1999)

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