Miriam Stoppard, OBE (née Stern and subsequently Miriam Moore-Robinson, born 12 May 1937) is a British doctor, author, television presenter and advice columnist.
Miriam was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. Her parents were Orthodox Jews. Her father Sidney was a nurse and her mother Jenny worked for the Newcastle school dinners service.
As a girl, with a family of modest means, Stoppard was brought-up in a prefab on a large council housing estate. Her mother was a dressmaker who taught Miriam how to make her own clothing, and from an early age she bought remnants of cloth with her pocket-money. Up until her teens she fashioned her own designs complemented with cheap and improvised accessories.
As a teenager she attended school on a scholarship and was shy. Inspired by her father, she had early aspirations to become a doctor, a profession traditionally dominated by males. She had a very ordered mindset and worked very hard, establishing her own study timetables during the week but attending the local youth club at weekends where she enjoyed music, danced and played table tennis.
Miriam (Hebrew: מִרְיָם, Modern Miryam, Tiberian Miryām ; Arabic: مريم (Maryam); see Miriam (given name) was the elder sister of Moses by seven years and Aaron by four years, and the only daughter of Amram and Jochebed. She was the sister of a prophet and first appears in the Book of Exodus in the Hebrew Bible.
In Exodus 2, at her mother Yocheved's request, Moses's sister hid her baby brother Moses by the side of a river to evade the Pharaoh's order that newborn Hebrew boys be killed. She watched as the Pharaoh's daughter discovered the infant and decided to adopt him. Moses's sister then suggested that the princess take on a nurse for the child, and suggested Yocheved; as a result, Moses was raised to be familiar with his background as a Hebrew. (Exodus 2:1-10) It is worth noting that Miriam is not explicitly named in the Exodus 2 accounts of Moses's early life. The connection of the Miriam of later texts to the Exodus 2 account stems from interpretation traditions and not from the text itself.
Miriam was the sister of Moses in the Bible.
Miriam or Myriam may also refer to:
Miriam is a 1957 Finnish drama film directed by William Markus. It was entered into the 8th Berlin International Film Festival.