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Winston Churchill was a politican, a soldier, an artist, and the 20th century most famous and celebrated Prime Minister
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Isambard Kingdom Brunel was an extraordinary Victorian engineer and built amongst other structures bridges, ships, railways and viaducts
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From the time of her marriage to Prince of Wales in 1981 until her death in a car accident in Paris in 1997, Diana, Princess of Wales was one of the world’s most high-profile, most photographed and most iconic celebrities
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Charles Darwin was a British naturalist of the nineteenth century. He and others developed the theory of evolution. This theory forms the basis for the modern life sciences. Darwin’s most famous books are ‚The Origin of Species’ and ‚The Descent of Man’
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William Shakespeare was a playwright and poet whose body of works is considered the greatest in English literature. He wrote dozens of plays which continue to dominate world theater 400 years later.
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Isaac Newton was a mathematician and scientist who invented differential calculus and formulated the theory of universal gravitation, a theory about a nature of light, and three laws of motion.
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The daughter of King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, she reigned England from 1558-1603. Her reign was marked by several plots to overthrow her, the execution of Mary Queen of Scots(1587), the defeat of the Spanish Armada(1588), and domestic prosperityand lit
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John Lennon was a musician and composer who was the member of the Beatles, the biggest rock band of the 1960s.
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Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson start learning
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Nelson is the greatest hero in British naval history, an honour he earned by defeating Napoleon’s fleet in the 1805 Battle of Trafalgar.
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He was a military, political, and religious figure who led the Parliamentarian victory in the English Civil War(1642-1649) and called for the execution of Charlesl. He was Lord Protector of UK for much of the 1650s, ruling in place of country’s traditiona
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Ernest Shackleton was a British explorer of the South Pole who is the best remembered for leading his crew to safety after the failed expedition of the Endurance (1914-1916)
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Hewas an explorer of the 18th century, known for his voyages to the PO. Cook visited New Zealand, established the 1st European colony in Au, and was the 1st EU to visit Hawaii. He also approached Ant and explored much of the western coast of North America
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British soldier who founded the Boy Scouts (1908) and with his sister Agnes (1858-1945) the Girl Guides (1910)
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King of the West Saxons (871-899), scholar, and lawmaker who repelled the Danes and helped consolidate England into united kingdom
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Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke Wellington start learning
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British general and politician. Commander of British troops during the Peninsular War(1808-1814), he defeated Napoleon at Waterloo(1815), thus ending the Napileonic Wars. As Prime Minister(1828-1830) he passed the Catholic Emancipation Act(1829)
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Margaret Thatcher was the United Kingdom’s first woman prime minister, and she held the office of PM for longer than anyone in the 20th century
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Actor, comedian and singer
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Victoria’s nearly 64-year reign was the longest in British history (1837-1901).
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McCartney was a singer, songwriter and guitarist for the Beatles, the biggest rock band of the 1960s.
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British bacteriologist who discovered penicillin in 1928, for which he shared a Nobel Prize in 1945.
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English mathematician whose body of works explored the possibility of computers and raised fundamental questions about artficial(sztuczna) intelligence. During WW ll he contributed to the allied victory by helping to decipher the German Enigma codes.
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British physicist and chemist who discovered electromagnetic induction(1831) (indukcja) and proposed the field theory later developed by Maxwell and Einstein.
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The last Welshman to hold the title Prince of Wales.
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Her Majesty (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary), is the Queen regnant and Head of State of the United Kingdom and Great Britain and Northern Ireland and fifteen other Commonwealth countries.
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British theoretical physicist noted for his research into the origin of the universe. His work influenced the development of the big bang and black hole theories.
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