Author: | Moira Butterfield |
Subcategory: | Schools & Teaching |
Language: | English |
Publisher: | Franklin Watts Ltd (June 28, 2007) |
Pages: | 48 pages |
Category: | Teaching and Education |
Rating: | 4.2 |
Other formats: | lit mbr rtf lrf |
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Brief Lives is a collection of short biographies written by John Aubrey (1626–1697) in the last decades of the 17th century
Brief Lives is a collection of short biographies written by John Aubrey (1626–1697) in the last decades of the 17th century. Aubrey initially began collecting biographical material to assist the Oxford scholar Anthony Wood, who was working on his own collection of biographies.
He should easily make this list, top 20 in my book. Not even an honourable mention.
Top 10 Greatest Britons chosen at BBC. 100 Great British Heroes. He should easily make this list, top 20 in my book. Not even an honourable mentio. his list is laughable.
The top 10 greatest Britons of all time have been chosen - selected from a BBC phone and internet poll involving more than 30,000 Britons. Only three of the top 10 are from the 20th century - Lennon, Churchill and Princess Diana
The top 10 greatest Britons of all time have been chosen - selected from a BBC phone and internet poll involving more than 30,000 Britons. Only three of the top 10 are from the 20th century - Lennon, Churchill and Princess Diana. Three are scientists or engineers - Brunel, Darwin and Newton - and three are national leaders - Cromwell, Elizabeth I and Churchill. The full list is: Isambard Kingdom Brunel.
The Top 50 greatest fiction books of all time determined by 128 lists and articles from various critics, authors and . Alonso Quixano, a retired country gentleman in his fifties, lives in an unnamed section of La Mancha with his niece and a housekeeper.
The Top 50 greatest fiction books of all time determined by 128 lists and articles from various critics, authors and experts.
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Bob and Sheila spent two years living in New York because of Bob's work as a banker They now live back in England in a small village outside London. Interviewer -How long did you live in the States?
Bob and Sheila spent two years living in New York because of Bob's work as a banker. Neither of them had lived in a big city before. They now live back in England in a small village outside London. Interviewer -How long did you live in the States? Bob -We were there for two and half years, in New York.
Many Britons moved west to escape the invaders. Perhaps this was true. Edward’s mother was a Norman and Edward lived in Normandy as a child. He preferred Normans to the people of England. By the 7th century, groups of Britons were in control of present-day Scotland, Wales and Cornwall, but the Angles and Saxons ruled the rest of Britain. People started call this area ‘Angle-land’. Later its name became England. So Harold raced south with his army.
In November 2002, the British public voted to find the Greatest Britons of all time. He was an extraordinary Victorian engineer. Over a million people voted. Here are the results: 1. Sir Winston Churchill. Winston Churchill was a politician, a soldier, an artist, and the 20th century's most famous and celebrated Prime Minister. 2. Isambard Kingdom Brunel. He designed and built amongst other structures bridges, ships, railways and viaducts. 3. Diana, Princess of Wales.