James Gregory
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 21 years ago |
Web site | www.funniestman.com |
Date of birth | November 7,1941 |
Zodiac sign | Scorpio |
Born | New York |
United States | |
Albums | It Could A Law, I Don't Know! The Funniest Man In America |
Record labels | The Gift of Music |
Epic/Nashville | |
Job | Mathematician |
Astronomer | |
Books | It Could Be a Law. . . I Don't Know |
Of Victorians and Vegetarians | |
Goodbye Bafana | |
Died | Edinburgh |
United Kingdom | |
2003 | |
Spouse | Ann Miltner |
Education | Marischal College |
University of Padua | |
University of St Andrews | |
New Rochelle High School | |
Known for | Gregorian telescope |
Children | Janet Gregory |
Helen Gregory | |
James Gregory | |
Parents | John Gregory |
Janet Anderson | |
Siblings | David Gregory |
Alexander Gregory | |
Date of died | September 16,2002 |
Nationality | American |
British | |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 487384 |
The Lawless Years
The Manchurian Candidate
Beneath the Planet of the Apes
The Sons of Katie Elder
PT 109
Murderers' Row
Gun Glory
Clambake
The Silencers
Shoot Out
Al Capone
Two Weeks in Another Town
The Love God?
Onionhead
A Distant Trumpet
The Million Dollar Duck
The Scarlet Hour
X-15
The Main Event
Twilight of Honor
The Secret War of Harry Frigg
The Big Caper
Captain Newman, M. D.
Underwater Warrior
The Strongest Man in the World
Hey Boy! Hey Girl!
A Rage to Live
The Late Liz
Quick, Before It Melts
The Young Stranger
The Ambushers
The Flight of Dragons
Detective School
The Paul Lynde Show
Miracle on 34th Street
The Weekend Nun
A Very Missing Person
Goldie and the Boxer Go to Hollywood
Nightfall
Abduction Of Saint Anne, The
The Comeback Kid
Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident
The Cut Man Caper
So Long Baby, and Amen
Hawaii Five-O
Goodbye Bafana
James Gregory Life story
James Gregory was the censor officer and prison guard of Nelson Mandela for many years of his captivity. He later wrote the book Goodbye Bafana: Nelson Mandela, My Prisoner, My Friend, on which the 2007 film Goodbye Bafana was based.
BBC should be 'realistic' on licence fee - Sunak
...By James Gregory & Hannah CapellaBBC NewsThe BBC should be " realistic about what it can expect people to pay" for the TV licence fee during times of high inflation, the prime minister has said...
UK temperatures plunge as cold snap disrupts roads
...By James Gregory & Louisa PilbeamBBC NewsTemperatures have fallen below freezing in parts of the UK, with 15cm of snow causing disruption on the roads...
Starmer credits Thatcher in pitch to Tory voters
...By James Gregory & Hannah Miller, political correspondentBBC NewsSir Keir Starmer has credited Margaret Thatcher as a prime minister who effected " meaningful change"...
Covid inquiry: Chris Whitty to appear after Vallance says pair had different opinions
...By James Gregory & Hugh PymBBC NewsSir Chris Whitty, the government s most senior medical adviser in the pandemic, will give evidence to the Covid inquiry this morning...
Rishi Sunak says Rwanda merry-go-round must end
...By James Gregory & Dominic Casciani, legal correspondentBBC NewsThe government is introducing emergency legislation to mark Rwanda as a safe country, the prime minister says, after the UK Supreme Court ruled the flagship asylum policy was unlawful...
Britons to leave Gaza 'in stages' - Foreign Office
...By James Gregory & James Landale, diplomatic correspondentBBC NewsThe departure of British nationals from Gaza will likely take place " in stages over the coming days" the UK Foreign Office (FCDO) has said...
Memo reveals pressure on climate finance pledge
...By James Gregory & Justin Rowlatt, Climate EditorBBC NewsThe government looks set to break its flagship £11...
Prince Harry's claims and how they were challenged
...By James Gregory, Jemma Crew & Dominic Casciani at the High CourtBBC NewsFor two days Prince Harry has faced intense cross-examination in the witness box at the High Court, making him the first senior royal to give evidence in a law court in 132 years...
Covid inquiry: Chris Whitty to appear after Vallance says pair had different opinions
By James Gregory & Hugh PymBBC News
Sir Chris Whitty , the government's most senior medical adviser in the pandemic, will give evidence to the Covid inquiry This Morning .
It Comes A Day after former chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance said the pair had differing views over when to lock down.
Both men became household names after frequently appearing beside the Prime Minister at Downing Street's daily televised Covid briefings.
On Monday, he had wanted to introduce restrictions more quickly than Sir Chris in March 2020, before The First lockdown, and in September 2020, before The Second .
He Said Sir Chris had " legitimate" concerns about the broader consequences of restrictions on people's health, given his Public Health remit.
" He was concerned. . That there will be indirect causes of death due to effects on the NHS, That there would be indirect harms due to people isolating, Mental Health , loneliness. . and That there will be indirect, long-term consequences due to the economic impact creating poverty, which is a major driver of health. "
Sir Patrick said he " didn't have exactly the same worry" and pushed for an earlier lockdown, but it was " useful and helpful" to debate these points.
Sir Chris was appointed England's chief medical officer and the UK government's chief medical adviser three months before the pandemic hit. He was soon at the centre of handling the biggest Public Health crisis the UK had faced in decades.
The Infectious Disease epidemiologist, who still works frontline medical shifts at a London Hospital , has already given evidence to The Inquiry when it was considering how well prepared the UK was for a pandemic.
Appearing in June, Sir Chris told The Inquiry lockdowns were a " big new idea". The prospect of legally compelling people to stay At Home had not been thought about before 2020. It was, He Said , a " very radical thing to do".
Sir Chris Said it would have been " very surprising" if any official committee of scientists had considered such a measure without being asked to do so by ministers.
It was an " extraordinarily major social intervention with huge economic and social ramifications" He Said .
Elsewhere, Sir Chris also defended the government's scientific advisory group Sage, which he co-chaired during the pandemic.
He Said it would have been too " unwieldy" if lots of experts were added to it, and That The Group should only Focus On science. The economic and societal consequences of responding to a pandemic, he argued, should be looked at separately.
Sir Chris Said one of the UK's key weaknesses was the inability to scale up testing quickly. He Said the UK could learn from countries such as South Korean and Canada, which had invested heavily in Public Health after outbreaks of other viruses, such as Mers and Sars.
But He Said he wouldn't have expected any pandemic planning to have foreseen a virus like Covid. A flu pandemic had been thought much more likely.
One of The Key messages was That the UK needed to plan for a strengthened health response to a range of potential infections.
The current stage of The Inquiry is examining the UK government's response during the First Wave of The Virus .
Sir Chris will appear at the Covid inquiry at 10:00 GMT. We'll have live coverage on the Bbc News website.
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