Alison Wheeler (born April 13, 1956) is a British political activist. April 13 is the 103rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (104th in leap years). ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

An organiser of the London Lesbian and Gay Pride march and festival from 1983 to 1991, she was a founder member of the London chapter of the Lesbian Avengers and of the London Lesbian and Gay Centre in the 1980s. She was chief engineer of the RSL radio station Brazen Radio in 1994 which was the UK's first women-only broadcast radio station. London is the capital city of England and of the United Kingdom, and is the most populous city in the European Union. ... Baton twirlers perform in the 2002 Divers/Cité pride parade in downtown Montreal A pride parade is part of a festival or ceremony held by the LGBT community of a city to commemorate the struggle for gay liberation, gay rights, and gay pride. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Lesbian Avengers was originally founded in New York in June 1992 by a group of lesbian activists from ACT-UP. The purpose of the group is to identify and promote lesbian issues and perspectives while empowering lesbians to become experienced organizers who can participate in political rebellion. ... The London Lesbian and Gay Centre was a lesbian and gay community centre located at 67-69 Cowcross Street, London. ... The 1980s decade refers to the years from 1980 to 1989, inclusive. ... A UK Restricted Service Licence (often called an RSL), is granted by British broadcasting authority Ofcom to radio stations serving a local community or a special event. ... A low power radio station emits a comparatively weak radio signal. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal. // Events January Bill Clinton January 1 : North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) goes into effect. ...

Outside her work in gay and women's politics, Alison Wheeler was an active member of the Liberal Democrats at a national level, as a vice-president of Delga and its Chair during 2004, and also serving on other Party organisations. The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a liberal political party based in the United Kingdom. ... Delga is the LGBT organisation of the British Liberal Democrats political party, the full name being Liberal Democrats for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Action. ... A chairman is the presiding officer of a meeting, organization, committee, or other deliberative body. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Born in Hemel Hempstead, Wheeler discovered an interest in computers, first on a Shorts' Valve-based Analogue computer at Apsley Grammar School, where she also taught a course in BASIC for the DEC PDP-10 and was taught music composition by Iris du Pré. She went to Imperial College London in 1974 to read Computing Science, though dropped out after two years. Since then, however, Wheeler has received a Certificate of Natural Science and an MBA from the Open University Business School. Hemel Hempstead is a town in Hertfordshire, England with a population of 81,143 at the 2001 Census. ... Short Brothers, almost universally referred to simply as Shorts, is a British aerospace company now based in Belfast. ... In electronics, a vacuum tube (U.S. and Canadian English) or (thermionic) valve (outside North America) is a device generally used to amplify, or otherwise modify, a signal by controlling the movement of electrons in an evacuated space. ... A page from the Bombardiers Information File (BIF) that describes the components and controls of the Norden bombsight. ... A Lego RCX Computer is an example of an embedded computer used to control mechanical devices. ... Apsley Grammar School was a state Grammar school in Hemel Hempstead founded in 1957 as part of the growth of the town after being designated as a New town and the need for new secondary school provision. ... BASIC (Beginners All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code) is a family of high-level programming languages. ... Digital Equipment Corporation was a pioneering company in the American computer industry. ... The PDP-10 was a computer manufactured by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) from the late 1960s on; the name stands for Programmed Data Processor model 10. It was the machine that made time-sharing common; it looms large in hacker folklore because of its adoption in the 1970s by many... Iris du Pré (nee Iris Greep) (1924 - ?) was a pianist, composer, conductor and educator, best known as the mother of two famous musicians. ... Imperial College London is a prestigious British academic institution focussing on science, engineering and medicine, complemented by a business school. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1974 calendar). ...   Computer science is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and their implementation and application in computer systems. ... The lunar farside as seen from Apollo 11 Natural science is the study of the physical, nonhuman aspects of the Earth and the universe around us. ... Master of Business Administration (MBA) is a masters degree in business administration, which attracts people from a wide range of academic disciplines. ... Open University Logo © Open University The Open University (OU) is a distance learning university which has students all over the UK and accepted its first students in 1971. ...

Her major source of employment is in IT consultancy, having previously been Head of Technology at Capital Radio and other companies. She is Chair of Wiki Educational Resources Ltd, the legal name of the Wikimedia UK chapter and lives in Highgate. The Capital Radio building in Leicester Square, London. ... View of Highgate, John Constable, 1st quarter of 19th century. ...

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