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William Patrick Gowers (born May 5, 1936, London, United Kingdom) is a British composer of film scores. May 5 is the 125th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (126th in leap years). ... 1936 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Clock Tower of the Palace of Westminster which contains Big Ben Tower Bridge at night A red double-decker bus crosses Piccadilly Circus. ... A film score is the background music in a film, generally specially written for the film and often used to heighten emotions provoked by the imagery on the screen or by the dialogue. ...


His works include the following music scores: Comic Act (1998), The Hound of the Baskervilles (1988), The Sign of Four (1987), Whoops Apocalypse (1986 ), Anna Karenina (1985), Smiley's People (1982), Stevie (1978), Children of Rage (1975), A Bigger Splash (1974), Farlige kys (1972), Giv Gud en Chance Om Soendagen (1970), The Virgin and the Gypsy (1970), Balladen Om Carl-Henning (1969), Hamlet (1969), Thomas er Fredloes (1968), Marat / Sade (1966).


His concert music includes works written for the guitarrist John Williams: Chamber Concerto for Guitar and the Rhapsody for Guitar, Electric Guitars and Electric Organ. This article is about the broad genre of classical music in the Western musical tradition. ... John Christopher Williams (born 24 April 1941) is one of the worlds best-known classical guitarists. ...


He has done research work on Erik Satie (Eric Satie: his studies, notebooks and critics, Ph. D., Cambridge Univ., 1965). Eric Alfred Leslie Satie (born Honfleur, 17 May 1866 – 1 July 1925 in Paris) was a French composer, performing pianist and publicist. ... The University of Cambridge is the second-oldest university in the English-speaking world (after Oxford). ... 1965 was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ...


He is the grandson of British civil servant Sir Ernest Gowers and the father of mathematician Timothy Gowers. Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Sir Ernest Gowers (1880 - 1966) was a British civil servant, now best known for work on style guides for the writing of the English language. ... William Timothy Gowers (born November 20, 1963, Wiltshire, United Kingdom) is a British mathematician. ...


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William Timothy Gowers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (163 words)
William Timothy Gowers (born November 20, 1963, Wiltshire, United Kingdom) is a British mathematician.
He is as of 1998 Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics in the Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics at Cambridge University and a Fellow of Trinity College.
He is the son of composer Patrick Gowers and greatgrandson of British civil servant Sir Ernest Gowers.
Patrick Gowers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (111 words)
William Patrick Gowers (born May 5, 1936, London, United Kingdom) is a British composer of film scores.
His concert music includes works written for the guitarrist John Williams: Chamber Concerto for Guitar and the Rhapsody for Guitar, Electric Guitars and Electric Organ.
He is the grandson of British civil servant Sir Ernest Gowers and the father of mathematician Timothy Gowers.
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