Brian Edward Cox, OBE (born 3 March 1968), is a British particle physicist, a Royal Society University Research Fellow and a professor at the University of Manchester[1]. He is a member of the High Energy Physics group at the University of Manchester, and works on the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC)[2][3] at CERN, near Geneva, Switzerland. He is working on the R&D project of the FP420 experiment in an international collaboration to upgrade the ATLAS and the CMS experiment by installing additional, smaller detectors at a distance of 420 metres (459 yd) from the interaction points of the main experiments.[4]

He is best known to the public as the presenter of a number of science programmes for the BBC. He also had some fame in the 1990s as the keyboard player for the pop band D:Ream.

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Born April 5, 1971 in Wimbledon, South London, England, UK

Birth Name Victoria Sharp

Height 5' 4" (1.63 m)

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Victoria Hamilton was born on April 5, 1971 in Wimbledon, South London, England as Victoria Sharp. She is an actress, known for Mansfield Park (1999), Scoop (2006) and The Crown (2016). She has been married to Mark Bazeley since January 22, 2008.

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Mark Bazeley (22 January 2008 - present)

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She was nominated for a 2002 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best Actress of 2001 for her performance in "A Day in the Death of Joe Egg" at the New Ambassador's Theatre, London.

She was awarded the 2000 London Critics Circle Theatre Award (Drama) for Best Actress for her performance in As You Like performed at the Crucible, Sheffield, and Lyric Hammersmith Theatres.

She was awarded the 1995 London Critics Circle Theatre Award (Drama Theatre) for Most Promising Newcomer for her performance in The Master Builder.

Played the part of Mrs. Forster in the BBC's mini Pride and Prejudice (1995) (1995) which stared Colin Firth as Mr. Darcy. Six years later she starred opposite Jonathan Firth, Colin's brother, in the title roles in Victoria & Albert (2001).

Was nominated for Broadway's 2003 Tony Award as Best Actress (Play) for a revival of "A Day in the Death of Joe Egg."

She has appeared in three Jane Austen adaptations: Screen Two: Persuasion (1995), Pride and Prejudice (1995) and Mansfield Park (1999).

Played the harp in Screen Two: Persuasion (1995) and Performance: King Lear (1998).

Is just 13 years older than Claire Foy, who played her daughter on The Crown (2016).