Great people: Mary Shelley.

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Godwin was born on August 30, 1797, in London, England.

Her mother died and Mary was raised by her father.

Mary Shelley was an English writer. She wrote her famous Gothic novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus (1818).

Mary Shelley had spouse and children.

She died on February 1, 1851, in London, England.

Great people: J. M. Barrie.

Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, was born on May 9, 1860, in Angus, Scotland. He was a writer.

Peter Pan; or, the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up was J. M. Barrie's famous work. This novel was translated to many languages.

James Matthew Barrie had a wife.

He died on June 19, 1937, in London, England.

Great people: Daphne du Maurier.

Dame Daphne du Maurier, Lady Browning, was an English writer. She was born on May 13, 1907, in London, England. Daphne du Maurier had two sisters.

Jamaica Inn (1936), Rebecca (1938), and "The Birds" (1952) were her famous works.

Lady Browning had husband and children.

She died on April 19, 1989, in Par, Cornwall, England.

Great people: Daniel Defoe.

Daniel Defoe or Daniel Foe was born in 1660, in London, England. He was an English writer.

Robinson Crusoe was an English adventure novel by Daniel Defoe. It was published in 1719.

Defoe had a wife and children.

He died on April 24, 1731, in London, England.

Great people: Rudyard Kipling

Joseph Rudyard Kipling was born on December 30, 1865, Bombay Presidency, India. He was a writer.

The Jungle Book (1894) was one of Kipling's works.

Also, he had Nobel Prize in Literature (1907).

Rudyard Kipling was married and had children.

He died on January 18, 1936, in London, England.

Great people: Charles Dickens.

Charles John Huffam Dickens was an English writer. He was born on February 7, 1812, in Hampshire, England.

Dickens wrote his famous books during the Victorian era. Oliver Twist, or, The Parish Boy’s Progress (1838), David Copperfield (1849), and Great Expectations (1861) were Charles Dickens’ famous novels.

He was married and had children.

Charles Dickens died on June 9, 1870, in Kent, England.

Great people: Alan Milne.

Alan Alexander Milne was an English writer. He was born on January 18, 1882, in London, England.

Winne-the-Pooh was Milne’s famous work. This book was published in 1926.

Alan Milne had wife and child. His son’s name was in the book about the teddy bear.

Alan Alexander Milne died on January 31. 1956, in Hartfield, England.

Great people: George Bernard Shaw.

George Bernard Shaw was born on July 26, 1856 in Dublin, Ireland. His parents were George Carr Shaw and Lucinda Elizabeth Shaw. Also, he had two older sisters.

Shaw became a playwright and critic. He wrote many novels and plays. Cashel Byron's Profession (1882), Caesar and Cleopatra (1898), Pygmalion (1913).

George Bernard Shaw visited different cities and countries. He had Nobel Prize in Literature in 1925, as well as Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay in 1939.

George Shaw married in 1898 to Charlotte Payne-Townshend.

Shaw's quotes and aphorisms became famous, too.

George Bernard Shaw died on November 2, 1950 in England.

Great people: Lewis Carroll.

Charles Lutwidge Dodgson was born on January 27, 1832 in England. His parents were Charles Dodgson and Frances Jane Lutwidge.

Carroll was interested in many occupations, such as: mathematics, literature, photography, logic, and poetry. He studied in school and university.

Lewis Carroll visited different countries and cities. He met other people.

Carroll wrote his famous book Alice in Wonderland (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland) (1865). This novel became popular among children.

Also, the book was translated to different languages. Many quotes from this children's novel were noted. There are illustrations and movies about this children's literary work.

Lewis Carroll died on January 14, 1898 in England.

Great people: Francis Bacon.

Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban was born on January 22, 1561, in London, England. The philosopher had several siblings.

He studied in different universities and colleges.

Francis Bacon lived during Elizabethan Era and Renaissance. Also, he became a writer, scientist, and politician.

Bacon said clever words. The philosopher studued empiricism, natural philosophy, and philosophical logic.

Francis Bacon influenced to other philosophers. Bacon died on April 9, 1626, in England.

Great people: Winston Churchill.

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill was born on November 30, in 1874, in Great Britain. His parents were Lord Randolph Churchill and Jennie Jerome.

Churchill studied in Harrow School. Also, future prime minister visited other countries.

In 1908 he married on Clemente Hozier. Spouses had five children.

Winston Churchill studied in Royal Military College, Sandhurst, too. He became a prime minister of the United Kingdom in 1940.

Churchill died on January 24, 1965, in London, England.

Elizabethan era.

Elizabethan era was an important for history. Many different events happened during this period.

Queen Elizabeth I of England was coronated on January 15, 1559. Also, Elizabethan era was called a golden age. Because culture development during this era.

Big dresses and collars were very fashionable during this historian period.

Travellers found new lands in the world. England had conflicts with other countries, too. New things about religion appeared.

Elizabeth I died on March 24, 1603. Queen's nephew became king after her.

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Great people: Charles Darwin.

Charles Robert Darwin was born on February 12, 1809, in Shropshire, England. He was the fifth of six children of Robert and Susannah Darwin.

Charles's mother died when he was eight years old. Since early childhood Darwin was interested in history and science.

Also, he studied at University of Edinburg. Charles Darwin studied medicine in this place.

From December 27, 1831, to October 2, 1836, the scientist took a second voyage of HMS Beagle. Darwin saw a lot of things in the world.

Charles Darwin created theory of evolution in nature. He wrote a book called On the Origin of Species.

The scientist was married to Emma Wedgwood. They had ten children.

Darwin died on April 19, 1882, in Kent, England.

Lady Godiva.

In Medieval England there were Leofric, Earl of Mercia and his wife Lady Godiva. People of his kingdom loved and respected Earl's wife because she was a very good and kind woman. Lepfric made high taxes for citizens.

Godiva asked her husband to lower taxes for people. But Leofric, Earl of Mercia didn't hear Lady Godiva's words.

One day Leofric said that he would make taxes lower if his wife will ride a horse nude. So she did it.

On that day no one of people came out of the house. Just one young man named Tom saw the nude Lady Godiva. He became blind. Earl made lowered taxes for people of his kingdom.

It is a legend from the Middle Ages. We don't know if it is true or false.

There are many statues and pictures about Lady Godiva.

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