Great people: Beatrix Potter.

Helen Beatrix Potter Heelis was born on July 28, 1866, in London, England.

She was an English writer and illustrator. Beatrix Potter wrote books for children. The Tale of Peter Rabbit (1902) is one of her notable works.

Potter died on December 22, 1943, in England.

Great people: P. L. Travers.

Pamela Lyndon Travers or Helen Lyndon Goff was born on August 9, 1899, in Maryborough, Australia.

Mary Poppins was her famous book. This story is about a fairytale nanny and children. There are many movies and cartoons about these characters.

Pamela Travers died on April 23, 2996, in London, England.

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: 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: 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: Queen Victoria.

Alexandrina Victoria was born on May 24, 1819, in London. Her parents were Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn and Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saafeld. Also, Victoria had siblings.

She became queen on June 20, 1837. Victoria was married to Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. They had several children.

During Queen Victoria's reign different things happened in the country. It was important for history.

Victoria died on January 22, 1901, in Great Britain.

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.

"The story of Dick."

Dick was a boy. He was an orphan. Dick's parents died. Boy was very poor and had only one friend: his cat. Dick loved it very dearly.

Once he heard that lofe in London was very good. That the streets of city were full of gold.

When Dick and his friend cat came to British capital, they certainly didn't see the gold. Also friends didn't see people who wanted to help them.

At last boy found a job on the ship.

"May I take my pet with me?" he asked the captain of the ship.

"Yes, of cause" said the captain.

He was an old kind man. The captain often told Dick many stories about strange countries and strange people.

One day when was a storm in the sea, the ship was driven onto a strange country. There lived people with red skins.

The captain of the ship. sent many beautiful presents to the king and to the Queen of that kingdom. Then royal couple invided them to their palace.

It was a pretty place. There were a lot of foods for the masters and guests. But hundreds of rats entered into the palace and began to eat all foods.

King said, that nobody can help them.

Then Dick's cat saw rats and soon all of them were dead.

Monarchs were so pleased that gave the boy twelve bags of gold.

When he came to London, he was very rich. He married a girl. They three lived forever together.