1. In 2002, JK Rowling became an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and in 2011, she became an honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.
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1. In 2002, JK Rowling became an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and in 2011, she became an honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.
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2. In 2014, JK Rowling reaffirmed her support for "Hacked Off" and its campaign towards press self-regulation by co-signing with other British celebrities a declaration to "[safeguard] the press from political interference while giving vital protection to the vulnerable.
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3. In November 2012, JK Rowling wrote an article for The Guardian in reaction to David Cameron's decision not to implement the full recommendations of the Leveson inquiry, saying she felt "duped and angry".
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6. In June 2016, JK Rowling campaigned against the Referendum to leave the European Union, stating on her website that, "I'm the mongrel product of this European continent and I'm an internationalist.
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7. In May 2007, JK Rowling pledged a donation reported as over £250,000 to a reward fund started by the tabloid News of the World for the safe return of a young British girl, Madeleine McCann, who disappeared in Portugal.
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10. In January 2006, JK Rowling went to Bucharest to highlight the use of caged beds in mental institutions for children.
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12. In June 2011, JK Rowling announced that future Harry Potter projects, and all electronic downloads, would be concentrated in a new website, called Pottermore.
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17. In 1995, JK Rowling finished her manuscript for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone on an old manual typewriter.
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18. In 1982, JK Rowling took the entrance exams for Oxford University but was not accepted and earned a BA in French and Classics at the University of Exeter.
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