Who was born earlier, Peter Ackroyd or Colum McCann?
Peter Ackroyd Peter Ackroyd, {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (born 5 October 1949) is an English biographer, novelist and critic with a particular interest in the history and culture of London. For his novels about English history and culture and his biographies of, among others, William Blake, Charles Dickens, T. S. Eliot and Sir Thomas More, he won the Somerset Maugham Award and two Whitbread Awards. He is noted for the volume of work he has produced, the range of styles therein, his skill at assuming different voices and the depth of his research.
Art Cosgrove Art Cosgrove, (born June 1, 1940) in Newry, County Down was President of University College Dublin (UCD) between 1994 and 2003.