Famous People of Great Britain and other country

statesmen, thinkers, explorers, musicians, writers, scientists and other people who

are well known around the world

history of science was born in a little village in

the middle of the 17th century. He studded math at Cambridge University. Newton's contribution to physics astronomy and math is so great that, he may be considered the founder of the mordent mathematics and physics.

19th century. He was a great biologist. He created a

new theory of evolution. Once there were only simple organisms living in the seas, hundreds millions of years they have developed to produce all the different kind animals and plants we knew today.

law of gravitation. He studded the nature of light and

colour and came to the conclusion that white colour consists of many different colours known as spectrum. He died when he was 84 and was burred at Westminster Abbey .

17th century. He was interested in electricity very much and

spent long months studding this strange force. He discovered that electricity passed from the magnet to the wires and cowbell become a strong electric current. So he opened many laws of electricity and magnetism.

Nobel Prize in 1908 for his investigations into decay of

elements chemistry of radiated substances.

writers, and probably the greatest playwright who has ever lived,

was born on the 23d of April, 1564, in Stratford-on-Avon. In sprite of his fame we know very little about his life. At the age of six he was sent to school, but had to leave it at the age of 13. His father, John Shakespeare, was a glove-maker, and when he fell into debt, William had to help him in the trade. Just what William did between his fourteenth and eighteenth years isn’t known.

Ann was eight years older than her husband and the

marriage wasn’t a happy one. When Shakespeare was twenty-one, he went to London. We don’t know why he left Stratford-on-Avon. There is a story that Shakespeare’s first job in London was holding rich men’s horses at the theatre door. But nobody can be sure that this story is true. Later, Shakespeare became an actor and a member of a very successful acting company.

and Juliet and some other plays by Shakespeare were performed

for the first time on this stage. Very soon, however, the actors were told that could no longer use the land that their theatre was built on and the company had nowhere else to perform. There is a story that in the dead of night the whole acting troop took down their theatre, timber by timber, brick by brick. They carried it across the river and rebuilt it. The new theatre was called the Globe. Shakespeare’s Globe was rather different from modern theatres .

the audience got wet if it rained. There was no

scenery, very few props, and the only lighting was the daylight that came from the open roof above. Women in those days weren’t allowed to act in public and all the parts (even Juliet!) were played by men. Much of the audience stood to watch the performance and moved around, talking with each other and throwing fruit at the stage if they didn’t like something.

King Lear, Othello, Macbeth), 17 comedies (such as As You

Like It, Twelfth Night, Much Ado About Nothing), 10 historical plays (such as Henry 4, Richard 3). He also left 7 books of poems and sonnets.

was buried in fine old Parish Church in Stratford-upon-Avon.

20th century. Her style and her views appealed to mane

British people who had lost confidence in the welfare state and in the direction the nation had taken. In some ways she was the first genuine leader the nation had had since Churchill.

became a Conservative Member of Parliament. in 1979 she was

elected as Britain's first woman Prime Minister.

birthplace, in Grantham
From the start, her autocratic style earned

her the nickname of "The Iron Lady". Her abrasive manner has attracted some criticism. During the Falklands War of 1982, however, Margaret Thatcher's militant patriotism found her many supporters, and she became something of a popular hero-figure, much as Winston Churchill had been in the Second World War. Margaret Thatcher was re-elected Prime Minister in the general elections of 1983 and 1987.

1960s its characteristic musical flavor and had a profound influence

on the course of popular music, equaled by few performers. The guitarists John Winston Lennon, Oct. 9, 1940; James Paul McCartney, June 18, 1942; and George Harrison, Feb. 25, 1943; and the drummer Ringo Starr, Richard Starkey, July 7, 1940, were all born and raised in Liverpool. Lennon and McCartney had played together in a group called The Quarrymen. With Harrison, they formed their own group, The Silver Beatles, in 1959, and Starr joined them in 1962.

Liverpool clubs, and their first recordings, "Love Me Do" (1962)

and "Please Please Me" (1963), quickly made them Britain's top rock group. Their early music was influenced by the American rock singers Chuck BERRY and Elvis PRESLEY, but they infused a hackneyed musical form with freshness, vitality, and wit. The release of "I Want to Hold Your Hand" in 1964 marked the beginning of thephenomenon known as "Beatlemania" in the United States.

adulation. Their concerts were scenes of mass worship, and their

records sold in the millions. Their first film, the innovative A Hard Day's Night (1964), was received enthusiastically by a wide audience that included many who had never before listened to rock music.

major creative forces),The Beatles established the precedent for other rock

groups to play their own music. Experimenting with new musical forms, they produced an extraordinary variety of songs: the childishly simple "Yellow Submarine"; the bitter social commentary of "Eleanor Rigby"; parodies of earlier pop styles; new electronic sounds; and compositions that were scored for cellos, violins, trumpets, and sitars, as well as for conventional guitars and drums.

Revolver (1966) as the apex of Beatle art, although Sergeant

Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967), perhaps the first rock album designed thematically as a single musical entity, is more generally considered their triumph. The group disbanded in 1970, after the release of their final album, Let It Be, to pursue individual careers. On Dec. 8, 1980, John Lennon was fatally shot in New York City. In 1991, Paul McCartney's classical composition Liverpool Oratorio was performed to some acclaim in Britain and the United States.

composer whose name is known in many countries of the

world. He was born in the 1913. He was only five when he started to play the piano and compose music. By the time he was nineteen, he was already both a musician for a film company and a composer. He wrote music for the plays of several English writers. In 1962 Benjamin Britten finished a very big musical work: the “War Requiem”.

writers. In 1962 Benjamin Britten finished a very big musical

work: the “War Requiem”.

musicians. Benjamin Britten also wrote songs and operas for children.

He wrote a piece of music called “The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra”. It can be taken as a handbook on all the instrument of the orchestra. A teacher can use this music to teach children how to understand each of the instruments in an orchestra.

of an article in the “Morning Star” on one of

his birthdays was “Great Britten”. He died in 1976.

12 January 1976) was a British crime writer DBE (15

September 1890 – 12 January 1976) was a British crime writer of novels DBE (15 September 1890 – 12 January 1976) was a British crime writer of novels, short stories DBE (15 September 1890 – 12 January 1976) was a British crime writer of novels, short stories, and plays DBE (15 September 1890 – 12 January 1976) was a British crime writer of novels, short stories, and plays. She also wrote romances under the name Mary Westmacott /

the Queen of Crime. She wrote 78 crime novels, 19

plays and 6 romantic novels under the name of Mary Westmacott. Her books have been translated into 103 foreign languages.

Shakespeare and the Bible). Many of her novels and short

stories have been filmed. The Mousetrap, her most famous play, is now the longest-running play in history. Agatha Christie was born at Torquay, Devonshire.

publishing of her novel The Murder of Roger Ackroyd. It's

still considered her masterpiece. When Agatha Cristie got tired of Hercule Poirot she invented Miss Marple, a deceptively mild old lady with her own method of investigation.

death, and her last Miss Marple story, Sleeping Murder, and

her autobiography were published after her death. Agatha Christie's success with millions of readers lies in her ability to combine clever plots with excellent character drawing, and a keen sense of humour with great powers of observation

in suspense. He cannot guess who the criminal is. Fortunately,

evil is always conquered in her novels. Agatha Christie's language is simple and good and it's pleasant to read her books in the original.

in Paris. She began writing at the end of theFirst

World War. Her, first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, was published in 1920. That was the first appearance of Hercule Poirot, who became one of the most popular private detectives since Sherlock Holmes.

January 1976 at age 85 from natural causes at her

WinterbrookAgatha Christie died on 12 January 1976 at age 85 from natural causes at her Winterbrook House in the north of CholseyAgatha Christie died on 12 January 1976 at age 85 from natural causes at her Winterbrook House in the north of Cholsey parishAgatha Christie died on 12 January 1976 at age 85 from natural causes at her Winterbrook House in the north of Cholsey parish, adjoining WallingfordAgatha Christie died on 12 January 1976 at age 85 from natural causes at her Winterbrook House in the north of Cholsey parish, adjoining Wallingford in Oxfordshire (formerly part of Berkshire). She is buried in the nearby churchyard of St Mary's, Cholsey.

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