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Diatom communities are a popular tool for monitoring environmental conditions , past and present , and are commonly used in studies of water quality .
Diatom communities are a popular tool for monitoring environmental conditions , past and present .
Diatoms are a major group of algae , and are among the most common types of phytoplankton .
They are one of the most common types of phytoplankton .
The National Football League Most Valuable Player Award ( NFL MVP ) is an award given by various entities to the American football offensive player who is considered most valuable to his team in the National Football League .
The National Football League Most Valuable Player Award is an award by different entities , most notably the Associated Press , to the player who is thought to be the most valuable player in the league .
In the meantime , Do-ji was steadily moving up the ranks in the Imperial Hospital , and was all set to take over the post of Chief Imperial Doctor .
However , he was steadily moving up the ranks in the Imperial Hospital .
It was during this time that Hur Jun became interested in medicine and became his pupil to study medicine .
Thanks to the chance to meet him , Hur Jun got interested in Korean medicine .
In the South , Hur Jun , with the help of imperial doctors who smuggle medical books to him , published a medical book Dongui Bogam that is considered as a classic among Oriental Medicine Literature in the year 1610 .
In 1601 , Hur Jun finally published Dongui Bogam a medical book with the help of royal doctors .
The story is set in Joseon , primarily during the reign of King Seonjo .
He is a royal physician during reign of King Seonjo of Joseon Dynasty .
In October 2011 , Jackson surpassed Frank Welker as the actor with the highest grossing film total of all time .
In October 2011 , Jackson surpassed Frank Welker as the highest grossing film actor of all-time .
Initially intent on pursuing a degree in marine biology , he attended Morehouse College in Atlanta , Georgia .
Jackson attended Morehouse College in Atlanta , Georgia .
Samuel Leroy Jackson ( born December 21 , 1948 ) is an American film and television actor and film producer .
Samuel L. Jackson ( born December 21 , 1948 ) is an American movie actor and producer .
Jackson was born in Washington , D.C. , and grew up as an only child in Chattanooga , Tennessee .
He grew up in Chattanooga , Tennessee .
Arthur and Sylvy Kornberg had three sons : Roger David Kornberg ( 1947 ) , Thomas B. Kornberg ( 1948 ) , and Kenneth Andrew Kornberg ( 1950 ) .
Arthur and Sylvy Kornberg had three sons : Roger Kornberg ( 1947 ) , Thomas Kornberg ( 1948 ) , and Kenneth Kornberg ( 1950 ) .
Arthur Kornberg ( March 3 , 1918 - October 26 , 2007 ) was an American biochemist who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1959 for his discovery of `` the mechanisms in the biological synthesis of deoxyribonucleic acid ( DNA ) '' together with Dr. Severo Ochoa of New York University .
Arthur Kornberg ( March 3 , 1918 - October 26 , 2007 ) was an American biochemist who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1959 for his discovery of `` the mechanisms in the biological synthesis of deoxyribonucleic acid ( DNA ) '' with Severo Ochoa of New York University .
Roger is Professor of Structural Biology at Stanford University , and the 2006 laureate of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry .
Roger is Professor of Structural Biology at Stanford University , and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2006 .
`` 1979 '' is a song by American alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins .
`` 1979 '' is a song by the American alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins .
It won the MTV Video Music Award for Best Alternative Video in 1996 .
They won an MTV Video Music Award for Best Alternative Video .
Released in 1996 as the second single from their third studio album , Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness , `` 1979 '' was written by frontman Billy Corgan , and features loops and samples that were uncharacteristic of previous Smashing Pumpkins songs .
`` 1979 '' was written by frontman Billy Corgan , and features loops and samples that were not like previous Smashing Pumpkins songs .
The ship Liberty Star made several reports of strong winds from Tropical Storm Zeta , including one of 40 mph ( 65 km\/h ) winds early on December 31 , when the ship was about 45 miles ( 75 km ) north of the storm .
The ship Liberty Star made several reports of strong winds from Tropical Storm Zeta , including one of 40 mph ( 65 km\/h ) winds early on December 31 , when the ship was about 45 miles ( 75 km ) north from the center of the storm .
Tropical Storm Zeta also extended the record number of storms to form in the 2005 season to twenty-eight , seven more than the previous record held by the 1933 season .
Tropical Storm Zeta also extended the record number of storms to form in the 2005 season to twenty-eight , seven more than the previous record held by a hurricane season from 1933 .
Several of the crews that were taking part in the 2005 Atlantic Rowing Race were affected with heavy seas and strong adverse winds from Tropical Storm Zeta .
Several of the people that were taking part in the 2005 Atlantic Rowing Race were affected with heavy seas and strong , unpleasant winds from Tropical Storm Zeta .
The NHC continued to overestimate how quickly Zeta would dissipate and early on January 5 they operationally downgraded Zeta to a depression , which was later confirmed to have been an error .
The NHC still continued to overestimate how fast Zeta would dissipate and early on January 5 they actually downgraded Zeta to a depression , which was later confirmed to have been wrong .
Zeta weakened into a tropical depression on January 6 and dissipated into a remnant later that day , finally ending the 2005 season .
Zeta weakened into a tropical depression on January 6 and dissipated into a remnant later that day , finally bringing an end to the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season .
The remnant low retained its identity for a further day before it dissipated 660 miles ( 1060 km ) southeast of Bermuda .
But the remnant low still its identity for one more day before it dissipated 660 miles ( 1060 km ) southeast of Bermuda .
When Zeta formed at 0600 UTC on December 30 , it became the second latest-forming tropical cyclone ever recorded in the Atlantic .
When Tropical Storm Zeta formed at 0600 UTC on December 31 , it became the second latest-forming tropical cyclone ever recorded in the Atlantic Ocean , forming about six hours earlier than Hurricane Alice did in 1954 .
Additionally , Zeta became the second known Atlantic tropical cyclone , along with Alice , to exist in two calendar years .
Zeta is only the second Atlantic tropical cyclone on record to have lived through two calendar years ( after Alice ) .
Tropical Storm Zeta was a late-developing tropical storm over the central Atlantic that formed after the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season had officially ended ( on November 30 ) and continued into January 2006 .
Tropical Storm Zeta was the twenty-eighth and last storm of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season .
From his announcement of the Mahdiyya in June 1881 until the fall of Khartoum in January 1885 , Muhammad Ahmad led a successful military campaign against the Turco-Egyptian government of the Sudan ( known as the Turkiyah ) .
From his announcement of the Mahdiyya in June 1881 until the fall of Khartoum in January 1885 , Muhammad Ahmad led a successful military campaign against the Turco-Egyptian government of the Sudan .
More broadly , the Mahdiyya , as Muhammad Ahmad 's movement was called , was influenced by earlier Mahdist movements in West Africa , as well as Wahabism and other puritanical forms of Islamic revivalism that developed in reaction to the growing military and economic dominance of the European powers throughout the 19th century .
There were earlier Mahdist movements in West Africa , and Wahabism and other puritanical forms of Islamic revivalism .
Muhammad Ahmad bin Abd Allah ( Arabic : محمد أحمد المهدي ) ( August 12 , 1844 - June 22 , 1885 ) was a religious leader of the Samaniyya order in Sudan who , on June 29 , 1881 , proclaimed himself as the Mahdi or messianic redeemer of the Islamic faith .
Muhammad Ahmad bin Abd Allah ( 12 August 1845 - 22 June 1885 ) was a religious leader of the Sufi Samaniyya order in Sudan .
After Muhammad Ahmad 's unexpected death on 22 June 1885 , a mere six months after the conquest of Khartoum , his chief deputy , Abdallahi ibn Muhammad took over the administration of the nascent Mahdist state .
After Muhammad Ahmad 's unexpected death on 22 June 1885 , only six months after the conquest of Khartoum , his chief deputy took over the administration of the Sudan .
His proclamation came during a period of widespread resentment among the Sudanese population of the oppressive policies of the Turco-Egyptian rulers , and capitalized on the messianic beliefs popular among the various Sudanese religious sects of the time .
There were messianic beliefs among the various Sudanese religious sects of the time .
Subsequently , Dr. Dre was fined $ 2,500 and given two years ' probation and 240 hours of community service , as well as a spot on an anti-violence public service announcement on television .
Dr. Dre was fined $ 2,500 and given two years ' probation and 240 hours of community service , as well as a spot on an anti-violence public service announcement on television .
Producers confirmed to work on the album include DJ Khalil , Nottz , Bernard `` Focus '' Edwards Jr. , Hi-Tek , J.R. Rotem , RZA , Jay-Z , Warren G , and Boi-1da .
Producers confirmed to be working on the album are DJ Khalil , Nottz , Bernard `` Focus '' Edwards Jr. , Hi-Tek , J.R. Rotem , RZA , Jay-Z , Warren G , and Boi-1da .
The album featured numerous collaborators , including Devin the Dude , Hittman , Snoop Dogg , Xzibit , Nate Dogg and Eminem .
The album featured a lot of guests , including Devin the Dude , Hittman , Snoop Dogg , Xzibit , Nate Dogg and Eminem .
In 1986 , Dr. Dre met rapper Ice Cube , who collaborated with Dr. Dre to record songs for Ruthless Records , a rap record label run by local rapper Eazy-E .
In 1986 , Dr. Dre met Ice Cube , who with Dr. Dre , made songs for Ruthless Records , a rap record label run by local rapper Eazy-E .
Andre Romelle Young ( born February 18 , 1965 ) , known by his stage name Dr. Dre , is an American record producer , rapper and entrepreneur .
Andre Romelle Young ( born February 18 , 1965 ) , known as Dr. Dre is an American record producer , rapper , and entrepreneur .
After Ice Cube left N.W.A in 1989 over financial disputes , Dr. Dre produced and performed for much of the group 's second album Efil4zaggin .
After Ice Cube left N.W.A in 1989 over money issues , Dr. Dre produced and performed for much of the group 's second album Efil4Zaggin ( Niggas for life ) .
Dr. Dre 's earliest recordings were released in 1994 on a compilation titled Concrete Roots .
Dr. Dre 's earliest songs were released in 1994 on a CD called Concrete Roots .
They did so , by chanting `` DEEE-TOX , '' to which he replied , `` I 'm coming ! ''
The crowd the chanted `` DEEE-TOX , '' to which he replied , `` I 'm coming ! ''
The album included popular hit singles `` Still D.R.E. '' and `` Forgot About Dre '' , both of which Dr. Dre performed on NBC 's Saturday Night Live on October 23 , 1999 .
The album included popular hit singles Still D.R.E. and Forgot About Dre , both of which Dr. Dre performed on Saturday Night Live in 1999 .
Dr. Dre won the Grammy Award for Producer of the Year , Non-Classical in 2000 , and joined the Up in Smoke Tour with fellow rappers Eminem , Snoop Dogg , and Ice Cube that year as well .
Dr. Dre won an award for Producer of the Year , in 2000 , and joined the Up in Smoke Tour with Eminem , Snoop Dogg , and Ice Cube .
In 1994 Dr. Dre produced some songs on the soundtracks to the films Above the Rim and Murder Was the Case .
In 1994 , Dr. Dre produced some songs on the soundtracks for the films Above the Rim and Murder Was the Case .
In an August 2010 interview , Dr. Dre stated that an instrumental album titled The Planets is in its first stages of production ; each song being named after a planet in the Solar System .
In 2010 , Dr. Dre said that an album of just music called The Planets is in its first stages of production ; each song being named after a planet .
After a dispute with Eazy-E , Dre left the group at the peak of its popularity in 1991 under the advice of friend , and N.W.A lyricist , The D.O.C. and his bodyguard at the time , Suge Knight .
After an argument with Eazy-E over money , Dre left the group in 1991 under the advice of a friend , The D.O.C. and his bodyguard at the time , Suge Knight .
50 Cent and Eminem asserted in an interview on BET 's 106 & Park that Dr. Dre had around a dozen songs finished for Detox .
50 Cent and Eminem said in an interview with BET that Dr. Dre had around 12 songs for Detox .
The group would become stars of the electro-hop scene that dominated early 1980s West Coast hip hop , and their first hit `` Surgery '' would prominently feature Dr. Dre on the turntables and sell 50,000 copies within the Compton area .
The group would become stars of the electro-hop scene that was really popular in early 1980s West Coast hip hop , and their first hit Surgery would feature Dr. Dre on the turntables and sell 50,000 tapes within Compton .
Dre produced three songs and provided vocals for two on Eminem 's successful and controversial debut album The Slim Shady LP , released in 1999 .
Dre produced three songs and sung with him on two of them on Eminem 's first album The Slim Shady LP .
Propelled by the hit `` Fuck tha Police '' , the group 's first full album Straight Outta Compton became a major success , despite an almost complete absence of radio airplay or major concert tours .
With the hit Fuck tha Police , the group 's first full album Straight Outta Compton became a big hit , despite almost no radio airplay or concerts .
For that year , Billboard magazine also ranked Dr. Dre as the eighth best-selling musical artist , The Chronic as the sixth best-selling album , and `` Nuthin ' but a ` G ' Thang '' as the 11th best-selling single .
That year , Billboard magazine Dr. Dre was the eighth best-selling musical artist , The Chronic was the sixth best-selling album , and Nuthin ' but a ` G ' Thang ( the first single from the album ) as the 11th best-selling single .
Dr. Dre signed Eminem and 50 Cent to his record label in 1998 and 2003 respectively , while contributing production on their albums .
Dr. Dre signed Eminem to his Aftermath record label in 1998 and 50 Cent in 2003 helping to make their albums with them .
( the only track Dre did n't produce was the Eminem produced single `` Beautiful '' ) On June 25 , 2010 , The American Society of Composers , Authors and Publishers honored Dr. Dre with its Founders Award for inspiring other musicians .
The American Society of Composers , Authors and Publishers will honor Dr. Dre with its Founders Award for inspiring other musicians .
He also produced tracks for a number of other rap acts on Ruthless Records , including Above the Law , and The D.O.C. for his 1989 album No One Can Do It Better .
He also produced tracks for other rap acts on Ruthless Records , including The D.O.C. 's 1989 album No One Can Do It Better .
After high school , he attended Chester Adult School in Compton following his mother 's demands for him to get a job or continue his education .
After high school , he went to Chester Adult School in Compton because his mother told him to get a job or go back to school .
Dr. Dre and DJ Yella also performed mixes for local radio station KDAY , boosting ratings for its afternoon rush-hour show The Traffic Jam .
Dr. Dre and DJ Yella also did mixes for local radio stations , making the ratings for it 's show Afternoon Traffic Jam go higher .
On January 9 , 2012 Dre was announced to headline the final nights of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival taking place the weekends of April 13-15 and April 20-22 .
In 2012 Dre was announced to headline at a music festival called the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival taking place the weekends of April 13-15 and April 20-22 which featured a holographic 2Pac .
For the film Friday , Dre recorded `` Keep Their Heads Ringin ' '' , which reached number ten on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 1 on the Hot Rap Singles ( now Hot Rap Tracks ) charts .
For the film Friday , Dre recorded Keep Their Heads Ringin ' , which reached No. 10 in the charts .
On September 3 , Dr. Dre showed support to longtime protégé Eminem , and appeared on his and Jay-Z 's Home & Home Tour , performing hit songs such as `` Still D.R.E. , '' `` Nuthin ' but a ` G ' Thang , '' and `` Crack a Bottle , '' alongside Eminem and another protégé , 50 Cent .
Later that year , Dr. Dre showed support to long time friend Eminem , and appeared at his and Jay-Z 's Tour , performing songs Still D.R.E. , Nuthin ' but a ` G ' Thang , and Crack a Bottle , with Eminem & 50 Cent .
Dr. Dre was featured on the cover of XXL in the December\/January 2011 issue .
Dr. Dre was featured on the cover of a magazine in a 2011 issue .
Later that year , he formed his own label , Aftermath Entertainment , under the distribution label for Death Row Records , Interscope Records .
In 1996 , he made his own label , Aftermath Entertainment , with Interscope Records .
He later joined the musical group World Class Wreckin ' Cru under the independent Kru-Cut Records in 1984 .
He later joined the musical group World Class Wreckin ' Cru in 1984 .
Dr. Dre 's second solo album , 2001 , released on November 16 , 1999 , was considered an ostentatious return to his gangsta rap roots .
Dr. Dre 's second album , 2001 , released in 1999 , was his return to gangsta rap .
Dre began his career as a member of the World Class Wreckin ' Cru and later found fame with the influential gangsta rap group N.W.A with Eazy-E , Ice Cube , MC Ren , and DJ Yella , which popularized the use of explicit lyrics in rap to detail the violence of street life .
Dre began his career in music as a member of the World Class Wreckin ' Cru and he later found fame with the gangsta rap group N.W.A. with Eazy-E , Ice Cube , MC Ren , and DJ Yella which made the use of swear words in rap songs in rap to tell about the violence of street life popular .
Besides working on his own material , Dr. Dre produced Snoop Dogg 's debut album Doggystyle , which became the first debut album for an artist to debut at number one on the Billboard 200 album charts .
Besides working on his own music , Dr. Dre produced Snoop Dogg 's first album Doggystyle .
It was initially titled The Chronic 2000 to imply being a sequel to his debut solo effort The Chronic but was re-titled 2001 after Death Row Records released an unrelated compilation album with the title Chronic 2000 : Still Smokin in May 1999 .
It was at first called The Chronic 2000 as a sequel to his first album The Chronic , but was changed to 2001 after Death Row released an unrelated album called Chronic 2000 : Still Smokin in 1999 .
Knight , a notorious strongman and intimidator , was able to have Eazy-E release Young from his contract and , using Dr. Dre as his flagship artist , founded Death Row Records .
Knight , a known strongman , was able to have Eazy-E release Dre from his contract and , start Death Row Records .
He subsequently became a DJ in the club , initially under the name `` Dr. J '' , based on the nickname of Julius Erving , his favorite basketball player .
He then became a DJ in the club , at first under the name `` Dr. J '' , his favorite basketball player .
In 1993 the Recording Industry Association of America ( RIAA ) certified the album triple platinum , and Dr. Dre also won the Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance for his performance on `` Let Me Ride '' .
In 1993 , Dr. Dre also won a Grammy Award for Let Me Ride .
Inspired by the Grandmaster Flash song `` The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel '' , he often attended a club called The Eve After Dark to watch many DJs and rappers performing live .
Because he liked Grandmaster Flash , he often went to a club called The Eve After Dark to see a lot of DJs and rappers performing live .
The Federal Bureau of Investigation sent Ruthless Records a warning letter in response to the song 's content .
The FBI sent Eazy-E a warning letter for the song 's content .
Dr. Dre has also had acting roles in movies such as Set It Off , The Wash and Training Day .
Dr. Dre was also in movies such as Set It Off , and the 2001 movies The Wash and Training Day .
Subsequently , Death Row Records suffered poor sales by 1997 , especially following the death of 2Pac and the racketeering charges brought against Knight .
Death Row then suffered poor sales in 1997 , after the death of 2Pac .
In 1991 , at a music industry party in Hollywood , he assaulted television host Dee Barnes of the Fox television program Pump it Up , because he felt dissatisfied with her news report about the feud between the remaining N.W.A members and Ice Cube .
In 1991 , at a party in Hollywood , he slapped Dee Barnes of the TV show Pump it Up , feeling upset about a news report she did about the feud between them and Ice Cube .
He has produced albums for and overseen the careers of many rappers , including Snoop Dogg , Eminem , Xzibit , 50 Cent , The Game , and Kendrick Lamar .
He has made albums for many rappers through their careers , including Snoop Dogg , Eminem , 50 Cent and Game .
Detox is slated to be Dr. Dre 's final studio album .
Dr. Dre 's first album was The Chronic .
Snoop Dogg claimed that Detox was finished , according to a June 2008 report by Rolling Stone magazine .
Snoop Dogg said the album was finished in 2008 but it still was n't released .
In October 1996 , Dre performed `` Been There , Done That '' on Saturday Night Live .
In October 1996 , Dre rapped Been There , Done That on popular American TV show , Saturday Night Live .
Not feeling constricted to racially charged political issues pioneered by rap artists such as Public Enemy or Boogie Down Productions , N.W.A favored themes and uncompromising lyrics , offering stark descriptions of violent , inner-city streets .
N.W.A favored themes and explicit lyrics , offering real descriptions of violent , inner-city streets .
At the beginning of 2009 , Dre produced , and made a guest vocal performance on , the single `` Crack a Bottle '' by Eminem and the single sold a record 418,000 downloads in its first week .
At the beginning of 2009 , Dre was in the song `` Crack a Bottle '' by Eminem & 50 Cent .
In a Dr Pepper commercial that debuted on May 28 , 2009 , he premiered the first official snippet of Detox .
In a Dr Pepper advert in 2009 , he played a small clip from Detox .
Currently , there are targeted therapies for breast cancer , multiple myeloma , lymphoma , prostate cancer , melanoma and other cancers .
Some of the most common are breast cancer , brain cancer , leukemia ( a blood cancer ) , testicular cancer , mesothelioma , and lung cancer .
Unlike treatment that is aimed at directly killing cancer cells , the primary goal of palliative care is to improve the person 's quality of life .
There are a few different types of treatments that are used to try to kill cancer cells .
Similarly , physical trauma is not accepted as a cause for cervical cancer , breast cancer , or brain cancer .
Breast cancer begins in the breast .
For decades it was a major milestone on the clipper route , by which sailing ships carried trade around the world .
For many years , it was a major milestone on the clipper route by which sailing ships carried trade around the world .
Sailing around the Horn is widely regarded as one of the major challenges in yachting .
However , sailing around the Horn is widely regarded as one of the major challenges in yachting , and a number of recreational sailors continue to sail this route , sometimes as part of a circumnavigation of the globe .
Several prominent ocean yacht races , notably the Volvo Ocean Race , the VELUX 5 Oceans , and the Vendée Globe , sail around the world via the Horn .
Several prominent ocean yacht races , notably the Vendée Globe , sail around the world via the Horn , and speed records for round-the-world sailing follow the same route .
The waters around the Cape are particularly hazardous , owing to strong winds , large waves , strong currents and icebergs ; these dangers have made it notorious as a sailors ' graveyard .
These reasons have made it notorious as a sailors ' graveyard .
The need for ships to round Cape Horn was greatly reduced by the opening of the Panama Canal in 1914 .
Today , the Panama Canal has greatly reduced the need for cargo ships to travel via the Horn .
Scalable Vector Graphics ( SVG ) is an XML-based vector image format for two-dimensional graphics with support for interactivity and animation .
Scalable Vector Graphics ( SVG ) is a computer language to describe two dimensional images .
He was the father of British novelist Martin Amis .
He was the father of the British novelist Martin Amis .
Sir Kingsley William Amis , CBE ( 16 April 1922 - 22 October 1995 ) was an English novelist , poet , critic , and teacher .
Sir Kingsley William Amis ( 16 April 1922 - 22 October 1995 ) was an English novelist , poet , critic , and teacher .
He wrote more than 20 novels , six volumes of poetry , a memoir , various short stories , radio and television scripts , along with works of social and literary criticism .
He wrote more than twenty novels , three collections of poetry , short stories , radio and television scripts , and books of social and literary criticism .
In 1965 , he wrote the popular The James Bond Dossier under his own name .
He wrote the popular James Bond Dossier .
Martin wrote the memoir Experience about the life , charm , and decline of his father .
Martin wrote about his father 's life and decline in his memoir Experience .
The novel won the Somerset Maugham Award for fiction and Amis was associated with the writers labeled the Angry Young Men .
The novel won the Somerset Maugham Award for fiction .
After serving in the Royal Corps of Signals in the Second World War , Amis returned to Oxford in October 1945 to complete his degree .
Amis served in the Royal Corps of Signals in the Second World War .
Amis further displayed his devotion to the genre in editing , with the Sovietologist Robert Conquest , the science fiction anthology series Spectrum I-V , which drew heavily upon 1950s numbers of the magazine Astounding Science Fiction .
With the Sovietologist Robert Conquest , Amis produced the science fiction series Spectrum I-IV .
He was educated at the City of London School on a scholarship , after his first year , and in April 1941 was admitted to St. John 's College , Oxford , also on a scholarship , where he read English .
He went to school at the City of London School and St. John 's College , Oxford .
As a poet , Amis was associated with The Movement .
As a poet , Amis was a part of The Movement ( anti-romantic poetry ) .
It was there that he met Philip Larkin , with whom he formed the most important friendship of his life .
At Oxford , he met Philip Larkin and became friends .
Kingsley Amis was born in Clapham , south London , the son of William Robert Amis , a mustard manufacturer 's clerk in the City of London and his wife Rosa Annie , née Lucas .
Kingsley Amis was born in Clapham , South London , England .