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Some of the interesting people we come across in our research - probably not Douglases, as they would merit an entry in the Douglas Archives.
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Dimitri Tiomkin - Russian born film score composer
Started by William Douglas Feb 18, 2010. 0 Replies 0 Likes
I stumbled across Dimitri Tiomkin when researching the Douglas of Bonjedward branch of the family.Dimitri's second wife was Olivia Cynthia Mary patch, who married secondly James Alastair Sholto…Continue
Tags: bonjedward, music, film
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Comment by William Douglas on November 1, 2010 at 11:23 -
I received a message from someone who corrected the entry for Roy James Smith. Apparently, he changed his name to Roy Jerome Myers.
Roy, an electrician, had been convicted of fraud. Whilst in prison, he 'invented' a method of obtaining electricty from air. several news articles on his invention, and the manner in which he obtained his patent, together with is autobiography, written on prison notepaper, have been gathered into one place, and can be read here>>>
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