Hertfordshire in the Cold War

The atlas holds 5 people and 10 moments here, from 1950 to 1986. The most recorded lives are Stanley Kubrick, Stephen Hawking and George Bernard Shaw.

Notable people

1. Amy Winehouse

   in 1983

   1 moment here

   British singer and songwriter Amy Jade Winehouse was born in London and became internationally known for the albums Frank and Back to Black.…

2. Freddie Mercury

   in 1986

   1 moment here

   Freddie Mercury (Farrokh Bulsara) was a British singer, songwriter, pianist, and lead vocalist of Queen.…

3. George Bernard Shaw

   in 1950

   1 moment here

   Irish playwright, critic, polemicist, and political activist. Born in Dublin, Shaw moved to London in 1876, became a leading Fabian and dramatist,…

4. Stanley Kubrick

   from 1960 to 1978

   4 moments here

   American filmmaker and photographer whose career began in New York photojournalism, expanded through Hollywood productions and European location…

5. Stephen Hawking

   from 1950 to 1965

   3 moments here

   English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author whose work on singularities, black-hole thermodynamics, and Hawking radiation reshaped modern…

Moments

1. 1950 Family move to St Albans Stephen Hawking
2. 1950 Death at Shaw's Corner George Bernard Shaw
3. 1952 Begins at St Albans School Stephen Hawking
4. 1960 Lolita production at Elstree Stanley Kubrick
5. 1965 Abbots Mead home and workplace Stanley Kubrick
6. 1965 Marriage in St Albans Stephen Hawking
7. 1978 Move to Childwickbury Manor Stanley Kubrick
8. 1978 The Shining production at Elstree Stanley Kubrick
9. 1983 Birth at Chase Farm Hospital Amy Winehouse
10. 1986 Final Queen concert Freddie Mercury

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