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Famous Britons
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Charles Babbage
  • Born 26 December 1791
  • Occupation Mathematician, analytical
    philosopher, mechanical engineer,
  • Originated the idea of a programmable computer
  • Died 18 October 1871 (aged 79)

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Alexander Graham Bell
  • Born 3 March 1847
  • Occupation inventor, scientist
  • Education University of Edinburgh,
  • University of Toronto
  • associated with the invention of the telephone
  • Died 2 August 1922 (aged 75)

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William Shakespeare
  • Born April 1564 (exact date unknown)
  • Occupation playwright, poet, actor
  • Genres comedies, tragedies, tragicomedies,
    sonnets
  • 38 plays, 154 sonnets
  • Died 23 April 1616

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Daniel Defoe
  • Born 16591661(?)
  • Occupation writer, journalist, spy
  • 500 books, pamphlets, journals
  • Famous novel Robinson Crusoe
  • Topics politics, crime, religion, psychology
  • Died 24 April 1771 (?)

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Lewis Carroll
  • Name Charles Lutwidge Dodgson
  • Born 27 January 1832
  • Occupation writer, mathematician, clergyman,
    photographer
  • Genre literary nonsense
  • Died 14 January 1898

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
  • Born 22 May 1859
  • Occupation short story writer, novelist, poet,
    doctor
  • Genre detective fiction, historical novels,
    nonfiction, poetry
  • Famous book about detective Sherlock Holmes
  • Died 7 July 1930 (aged 71)

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Sir Isaac Newton
  • Born 4 January 1643
  • Occupation physicist, mathematician, astronomer,
    natural philosopher, alchemist
  • Scientific revolution
  • Died 31 March 1728 (aged 85)

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Charles Darwin
  • Full Name Charles Robert Darwin
  • Born 12 February 1809
  • Alma mater University of Edinburgh, University
    of Cambridge
  • Occupation naturalist
  • Known for Natural selection,
  • The origin of Species
  • Prizes Royal Medal (1853), Wollaston Medal
    (1859), Coplay Medal (1864)
  • Died 19 April 1882

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Robert Louis Stevenson
  • Born 13 November 1850
  • Occupation novelist, poet, and travel writer
  • Famous book Treasure Island
  • Died 3 December 1894

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Joseph Rudyard Kipling
  • Born December 30, 1865, Bombay, India
  • Occupation short story writer, novelist, poet,
    journalist
  • Genres Short story, novel, children's
    literature, poetry, travel literature
  • Famous work The Jungle Book
  • Died January 18, 1936 (aged 70)

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Sir Alexander Fleming
  • Born 6 August 1881, Scotland
  • Occupation biologist and pharmacologist
  • Best-known achievement the discovery of
    penicillin
  • a Nobel Prize in 1945
  • Died 11 March 1955

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Charlie Chaplin
  • Full Name Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin
  • Born 16 April 1889
  • Occupation comedy actor, director and musician
  • one of the finest mimes and clowns
  • His working life over 65 years
  • Died25 December 1977 (aged 88)

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John Logie Baird
  • Born August 13, 1888
  • Occupation engineer
  • inventor of the world's first working
  • television system
  • Died June 14, 1946

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Agatha Christie
  • Name Agatha Mary Clarissa, Lady Mallowan
  • Born 15 September 1890
  • Occupation novelist (80 detective novels)
  • Genres murder mystery, crime fiction
  • the best-selling writer of books of all time
  • Died 12 January 1976

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JRR Tolkien
  • Born 3 January 1892
  • Occupation philologist, writer and
  • university professor
  • Genres high fantasy
  • Famous books The Hobbit and The Lord of the
    Rings
  • Died 2 September 1973 (aged 81)

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JK Rowling
  • Name Joanne "Jo" Murray née Rowling
  • Born 31 July 1965
  • Occupation novelist
  • Genres fantasy
  • Famous book about Harry Potter

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John Lennon
  • Full name John Winston Ono Lennon
  • Born 9 October 1940
  • Occupation songwriter, singer, musician, graphic
    artist, author and peace activist
  • One of the founders of The Beatles
  • Died 8 December 1980

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Princess Diana
  • Diana Frances née Spencer
  • 1 July 1961
  • Princess of Wales
  • the first wife of Charles, Prince of Wales
  • two sons, Princes William and Harry
  • took part in many Charities
  • 31 August 1997 (aged 36)

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David Beckham
  • Full name David Robert Joseph Beckham
  • Born 2 May 1975
  • Professional football (soccer) midfielder
  • A member of the England national team
  • Clubs Manchester UnitedReal MadridLos Angeles
    Galaxy
  • the world's highest-paid footballer
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