Prominent historians such as John Keegan, Jerrard Tickell, W.H. Koch, Alvin D. Coox, Phyllis Auty, Martin Blumenson, Antony Brett-James, John Vader, Rudolf Bohmer, Raleigh Trevelyan produced articles, as well as AJP Taylor, who acted as editor in chief for later editions after the death of Sir Basil Liddel Hart.
Purnell's illustrated encyclopedia of modern Weapons and Warfare is a partwork originating with Purnell in 1967-1969, republished under the Phoebus brand.
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Purnell was born in Lambeth, London, England, where he received his education at private schools.
One year later he won the FA Amateur Cup with Clapton F.C. In the final against Eston United his team won 6-0 and Purnell scored once.
Purnell was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-fifth and to the seven succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1917-March 3, 1933).
In 2003 Purnell was appointed to his first Head Chef role at Jessica's in Edgbaston, Birmingham, which was awarded the first Michelin star given to a Birmingham restaurant in 2005, and was also named English "Restaurant of the Year" by the AA the same year.
The Julia A. Purnell Museum is located at 208 West Market Street, Snow Hill, Maryland, United States.
In 2009, Purnell conducted a study into the chewing methods and diet of hadrosaurids, a herbivore species of duck-billed dinosaurs from the Late Cretaceous period.
The Company was founded by Charles Dando Purnell in 1839 as a small family printers with small print shops in Radstock, Midsomer Norton and Paulton.
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Purnell and Sons was a small family printer based in Somerset which merged with other printers to become a large national publisher.
Toby Lister and Nick Purnell competed in the men's VIII at London 2012; Brodie Buckland competed in the coxless pair; Sarah Cook rowed in the women's VIII and Bronwen Watson in a lightweight 2X.
Illustrators: Kenneth Paul Block mid-1950s to 1992, Catherine Clayton Purnell 1969-1989 and American artist/fashion illustrator Joel Resnicoff.