Researching Paul Capon
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The name Paul means "small" and is of Latin origin.
Records of Paul Capon on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Paul Capon and the Capon Family History
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Some Famous People called Paul Capon
Paul Capon
Harry Paul Capon (18 December 1912, in Kenton, Suffolk – 24 November 1969) was a British author who wrote fiction in various genres. He also worked as an editor in three films for Maurice Elvey (1887–1967), as an administrator in film and TV productions and was the head of the Film Department of Independent Television News (1963–1967). He began writing science fiction in the early 1950s with the Antigeos trilogy, dealing with the discovery of a Counter-Earth, usually hidden behind the Sun. He also wrote about utopias, time travel, lost civilizations, alien invasion and Martians.
Source: Paul Capon, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Capon
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