Great people of the UNITED KINGDOM

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London. The highest Royal title she received in 1952 at

the age of 25 after her father’s King George VI death.

of Prince Charles, Princess of Wales and played a huge

role in the life of the UK She took a strong interest in many charities and important causes. She highlighted the suffering of the homeless, lepers and AIDS victims. She was called the “People’s Princess". To many, she was simply the “Queen of Hearts.” She hit newspaper headlines around the world, but the biggest one was for her death at the age of 36.

was born in 1564 in a small English city Stratford-upon-Avon.

William Shakespeare is also considered to be the father of sonnets. All in all he wrote more than 37 plays, 154 sonnets, two long poems and a great number of other poems. The main genres of Shakespeare’s works were tragedies and comedies. It’s remarkable that Shakespeare’s plays were staged in London in 1952, which means that he gained fame already in his 30s. Although a real acknowledgement of his works and high approval took place only in the 19th century. Thousands of theatres stage his plays throughout the world and lots of film companies shoot new versions of already known Shakespeare stories.

He was an Irish poet, writer and essayist. One of

the most famous playwrights of the late Victorian period, a great celebrity of his time. Best known for his plays, full of paradoxes, winged phrases and aphorisms.

England. His father, Robert Darwin, was a financier and a

successful physician, so the family lived very well. Became the first scientist who was able to explain the theory that all living organisms share common ancestors. Discoveries made by Darwin, became the basis of the synthetic theory of evolution in its modern form. On his ideas the modern biology is based. He made a significant contribution to the development of genetics.

founder of classical mechanics, member and than the President of

the Royal society of London. He was one of the founders of modern physics, formulated the basic laws of mechanics. He also discovered the law of universal gravitation, explained the motion of planets around the Sun and the moon around the Earth.

of Marton, County Yorkshire. At the age of 18 James

became the cadet. The first expedition of James Cook was the journey from London to Newcastle. All his spare time Cook spent on self-education: he studied maps, astronomy, geography and mathematics. In 1755 he began to serve in the Royal Navy as a sailor, but he continued to produce maps. For his successful work he was appointed the captain of the ship "Newfoundland