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Maudslay

[mawdz-lee]

noun

  1. Henry, 1771–1831, English mechanical engineer.



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Mariana Castillo Deball — born in Mexico, living in Europe — layers and elaborates history in her sculptures, which are inspired by 19th-century casts of Mayan art, now lost, made by the British anthropologist Alfred Maudslay.

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One of Thorp's earliest acting roles was as squadron leader Henry Maudslay in 1955 war film The Dam Busters.

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The actor had auditioned for a smaller role but was given the part of Maudslay because he looked like him.

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Thorp also starred as squadron leader Henry Maudslay in iconic 1955 film The Dam Busters.

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Maudslay, incidentally, contradicts the politically correct assumption that Victorian adventurers were mere colonial exploiters.

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