GREAT BRITISH PERSONALITIES
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ELIZABETH I OF ENGLAND
7 September 1533 24 March 1603
was Queen of England and Ireland from
17 November 1558 until her death.
Is associated with the defeat of the Spanish
Armanda, one of the greatest military
victories in English history.
One of her mottoes was "video et taceo"
("I see but say nothing")
Brought a period of relative internal
stability
It was expected that Elizabeth would marry and produce an heir
to continue the Tudor line. She never did, so she became known as
The Virgin Queen.
WILLAM SHAKESPEARE
26 April 1564 (baptized) 23 April
1616
was an English poet, playwright, and actor
was born and brought up in Stratford-upon-
Avon, Warwickshire. At the age of 18, he married
Anne Hathaway, with whom he had three
children: Susanna, and twins Hamnet and
Judith.
Creator of Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, and
many more.
Thought of by many as the greatest of all English writers. He is
still an internationally admired and influential figure in the field of
theatre.
SIR ISAAC NEWTON
25 December 1642 20 March 1726/27
was a physicist, mathematician and
an astronomer.
is widely recognised as one of the
most influential scientists of all
time.
originator of universal gravitation and
laws of classical mechanics and laws of
motion in his work Principia.
CHARLES DARWIN
born on 12 February 1809 and died 19 April
1882 (aged 73).
was an English biologist and
geologist
originator of the
theory of evolution and
best known for his
work On the Origin of
Species.
WINSTON CHURCHILL
born on 30 November 1874 and died on 24 January 1965
was the Prime Minister of the
United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945
and again from 1951 to 1955.
kept the nation's spirit up during
World War Two, when the country had
to defend itself against Hitler's
attempts to invasion.
Received the Nobel Prize in
Literature in 1953.
DIANA, PRINCESS OF WALES
1 July 1961 31 August 1997
First wife of Charles, Prince of Wales
(marriage 19811996)
mother of Prince William, Duke of
Cambridge, and Prince Harry.
She was involved with dozens of
charities and was admired for her
philanthropic deeds.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II
born on 21 April 1926
She has been Queen of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia,
and New Zealand since 1952. Her coronation took place 2 June
1953
In 1947, she married Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, a former
prince of Greece and Denmark.
She has four children: Prince Charles, Princess
Anne, Prince Andrew and Prince Edward
In 2015, she surpassed the reign of her great-
great-grandmother, Queen Victoria, and she
became the longest-reigning British monarch
and female head of state in world history.
References
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/100_Greatest_Britons
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Darwin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_II
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Newton
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston_Churchill
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana,_Princess_of_Wales
