Jones' introductory The Pronunciation of English. H. G. Wells' novels Ann Veronica and Tono-Bungay. Births 24 January – Martin Lings, Islamic scholar (died 2005) 28 January – Geoff Charles, photojournalist (died 2002) 29 January – Phoebe Hesketh, poet (died 2005) 9 February – Marjorie Ogilvie Anderson, historian (died 2002) 14 March – William Montgomery Watt, Anglican priest and professor (died 2006) 26 March – Martin Hodgson, rugby league footballer (died 1991) 6 April - Katherine Russell, social worker and university teacher (died 1998) 30 April – F. E. McWilliam, sculptor (died 1992) 11 May – Herbert Murrill, organist and composer (died 1952) 15 May – James Mason, actor (died 1984) 16 May – Charles Wilson, political scientist (died 2002) 18 May – Fred Perry, tennis player (died 1995) 19 May – Nicholas Winton, humanitarian (died 2015) 26 May – Matt Busby, football manager (Manchester United) (died 1994) 7 June – Jessica Tandy, actress (died 1994) 18 June – Christabel Bielenberg, writer (died 2003) 28 June – Eric Ambler, novelist and playwright (died 1998) 3 July – Sylvia Gray, businessperson (died 1991) 4 July – Robert Manuel Cook, classical scholar (died 2000) 5 July – Douglas Dodds-Parker, soldier and politician (died 2006) 19 July – Percy Stallard, cyclist (died 2001) 28 July – Malcolm Lowry, novelist (died 1957) 30 July – C. Northcote Parkinson, historian and author (died 1993) 25 August – Michael Rennie, actor (died 1971) 28 August – Ralph Kilner Brown, athlete, politician and judge (died 2003) 14 September – Peter Scott, ornithologist and painter (died 1989) 23 September Molly Harrison, museum curator (died 2002) Susan Travers, World War II nurse (died 2003) 6 October – Robert Potter, architect (died 2010) 28 October – Francis Bacon, painter (died 1992) 8 November – Eric Bedford, architect (died 2001) 17 November – E. S. Turner, author and journalist (died 2006) 19 November – Griffith Jones, actor (died 2007) 23 November – Nigel Tranter, historian and writer (died 2000) 30 November – Nancy Carline, artist (died 2004) 1 December – Frank Gillard, radio broadcaster (died 1998) 4 December Edward Britton, trade unionist (died 2005) Jimmy Jewel, comedian and actor (died 1995) 8 December – Lesslie Newbigin, bishop and theologian (died 1998) 10 December – F. W. Walbank, scholar of Greek history (died 2008) 15 December – Jack Gwillim, actor (died 2001) 23 December Donald Coggan, Archbishop of Canterbury (died 2000) Maurice Denham,