Married. William F. Knowland, 63, Republican Senate leader during the Eisenhower Administration and publisher of the Oakland Tribune; and Ann Dickson, 38, a former model who met Knowland two years ago; both for the second time; in Oakland, Calif.

Married. Lord Shinwell, 87, former Defense Minister and irascible Laborite spokesman during 42 years in the British Parliament; and Sarah Hurst, 75, a neighbor and lifelong friend; he for the third time, she for the second; in London.

Divorced. Christina Onassis Bolker, 21, Greek shipping heiress who displeased Papa Aristotle by marrying a man more than twice her age; and Joseph R. Bolker, 48, prosperous Los Angeles real estate developer; after nine months of marriage; in Los Angeles.

Died. Peter Morland Churchill, 63, top British agent with the French Resistance during World War II; of spinal cancer; in Cannes, France. Churchill made four clandestine trips (two by submarine, two by parachute) into German-occupied France. On his fourth mission, he and his aide, Odette Sansom, were captured by the Gestapo and tortured. They were spared from execution because the Germans believed they were married and related to Winston Churchill (they were neither). Reunited at war's end, they did marry, and their wartime exploits were made the subject of the 1951 movie Odette.

Died. Bruce Cabot, 68, who saved Fay Wray from her simian captor in the 193 3 film classic King Kong; of lung cancer; in Woodland Hills, Calif. Though he alternated between playing heroes and heavies during the early part of his 40-year film career, Cabot eventually settled down to a routine of bad-guy supporting roles in shoot-'em-ups.

Died. J. (for John) Edgar Hoover, 77, director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for nearly half a century (see THE NATION).

Died. Edward C. Kendall, 86, biochemist who, with two colleagues, shared a 1950 Nobel Prize for the discovery of cortisone; in Rahway, N.J. After joining the Mayo Clinic in 1914, Kendall succeeded in isolating thyroxine from the thyroid glands of cattle, a development of importance to patients whose growth had been stunted by hormonal deficiencies. In 1930 he began research into the secretions of the adrenal cortex, and during eight years isolated six hormones, including cortisone, a substance effective in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, Addison's disease and other ailments.

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