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Encyclopedia > Alan Seymour

Alan Seymour, born 6 June 1927 in Perth, Western Australia, is an Australian writer of plays, radio scripts, novels and articles. 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Perth is the state capital and most populous city of Western Australia. ...


The One Day of the Year is one of his plays. Initially it was rejected by a festival governing committee but was first performed in 1961 by an amateur production, then with government funding, and then in London, England. Seymour went there to see the performance and began living overseas, returning to live in Australia in 1995. 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Houses of Parliament and the clock tower containing Big Ben Part of the London skyline viewed from the South Bank London (see Wiktionary:London for the name in other languages) is the capital of the United Kingdom and England. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


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Alan Seymour says that he regrets how his years away from Australia 'distanced' himself from his family's history and his five sisters.
One of Alan Seymour's high-profile jobs in Britain was writing for the BBC drama, 'The House Of Eliott'.
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Seymour Papert (born March 1, 1928 Pretoria, South Africa) is an MIT mathematician, computer scientist, and prominent educator.
He is one of the pioneers of artificial intelligence, as well as an inventor of the Logo programming language (1968).
Seymour Papert insists a language or program that children can learn does not have to lack functionality for expert users.
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