Researching Graham Sleight
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![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 620 people with the Sleight surname? In that year Sleight was ranked number 2959 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Graham means "warlike" and is of Anglo-Saxon origin.
Records of Graham Sleight on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Graham Sleight and the Sleight Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Sleight Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources below you will be able to find a birth record and, from that, a birth certificate can be ordered which lists the names of the mother and father, taking you back another generation in your tree. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Sleight family tree.
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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 1047 people with the Sleight surname in the UK? Sleight is now ranked number 3063 for popularity in the UK. |
Sleight Family History Databases
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Sleight Forums
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Miscellaneous Sleight Databases
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Some Famous People called Graham Sleight
Graham Sleight
Graham Sleight (born 1972) is a British writer, editor and critic, specialising in healthcare and science fiction. He is Head of Governance and Contracts at the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, and editor of the science fiction peer-reviewed literary magazine, Foundation. His criticism has appeared in Strange Horizons, The New York Review Of Science Fiction, and Vector. He also writes a column for Locus. Several volumes in the Gollancz SF Masterworks series contain introductions written by Sleight. In 2005 and 2006 he was a judge of the Arthur C. Clarke Award. He is Managing Editor of the third edition of The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (SFE3).
The 2012 Hugo Award for Best Related Work was given to the SFE3. Sleight accepted the award from emcee John Scalzi on behalf of the editors, saying, "We set out to build this really for the whole of the SF community... for any and all who are hungry for information about science fiction."
Sleight frequently writes about Doctor Who. He co-edited The Unsilent Library, a book of essays about the Russell T Davies era of the show, and provided commentary on the 2011 BBC DVD release of "The Ark". His book The Doctor's Monsters: Meanings of the Monstrous in Doctor Who was published in 2012 by I.B. Tauris.
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