Elizabeth Taylor
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==Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor== | ==Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor== | ||
| − | <table><tr><td>http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/54/039_9228~Elizabeth-Taylor-Posters.jpg</td><td>Taylor was born in Hampstead, a wealthy district of north-west London, the second child of Francis Lenn Taylor (1897 – 1968) and Sara Viola Warmbrodt (1895 – 1994), who were Americans residing in England. Taylor's older brother, Howard Taylor, was born in 1929. Her two first names are in honor of her paternal grandmother, Elizabeth Taylor, who was born Elizabeth Mary Rosemond. Taylor was born both a British subject and an American citizen, the former by being born on British soil under the principle of jus soli, and the latter through her parents under the principle of jus sanguinis. | + | <table><tr><td>http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/54/039_9228~Elizabeth-Taylor-Posters.jpg</td><td>Taylor was born in Hampstead, a wealthy district of north-west London, the second child of [[#Francis Lenn Taylor|Francis Lenn Taylor]] (1897 – 1968) and [[#Sara Viola Warmbrodt|Sara Viola Warmbrodt]] (1895 – 1994), who were Americans residing in England. Taylor's older brother, Howard Taylor, was born in 1929. Her two first names are in honor of her paternal grandmother, Elizabeth Taylor, who was born Elizabeth Mary Rosemond. Taylor was born both a British subject and an American citizen, the former by being born on British soil under the principle of jus soli, and the latter through her parents under the principle of jus sanguinis. |
Both of her American parents were originally from Arkansas City, Kansas. Her father was an art dealer and her mother a former actress whose stage name was Sara Sothern. Sara retired from the stage when she and Francis Taylor married in 1926 in New York.</td></tr></table> | Both of her American parents were originally from Arkansas City, Kansas. Her father was an art dealer and her mother a former actress whose stage name was Sara Sothern. Sara retired from the stage when she and Francis Taylor married in 1926 in New York.</td></tr></table> | ||
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===Further reading=== | ===Further reading=== | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Taylor "Elizabeth Taylor"] on Wikipedia | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Taylor "Elizabeth Taylor"] on Wikipedia | ||
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| + | ==Francis Lenn Taylor== | ||
| + | Francis Lenn Taylor was born in 1897. He married [[#Sara Viola Warmbrodt|Sara Viola Warmbrodt]]. Francis died in 1968. | ||
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| + | ==Sara Viola Warmbrodt== | ||
| + | Sara Viola Warmbrodt was born in 1895. She married [[#Francis Lenn Taylor|Francis Lenn Taylor]]. Sara died in 1994. | ||
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