Transcript elizabeth ii of england

Famous
English
Scientists
Sir Isaac Newton
Born : 4th January 1643
Died : 31st March 1727 (age 84)
Birthplace : England
About :
Sir Isaac Newton was a physicist
and mathematician who became one
of the most influential scientist of
all time. He formulated the three
basic laws of motion and the law of
universal gravitation.
Before he was famous his mother
wanted him to be a farmer but
luckily a teacher persuaded her to
allow him to continue his studies.
Michael Faraday
Born : 22nd September 1791
Died : 25th August 1867 (age 75)
Birthplace : England
About :
Michael Faraday is a scientist in
Electromagnetism and Electrochemistry.
He invented an early form of the Bunsen
burner and was one the first scientists
to discover benzene.
He was the first to discover the
magnetic field, along with Diamagnetism
and Electrolysis.
Charles Darwin
Born : 12th February 1809
Died : 19th April 1882 (age 73)
Birthplace: England
About :
Charles Darwin was the farther of
evolutionary science and he wrote
the book called The Origin of the
Species which introduced the
concept of natural selection.
His theories helped support
evolution.
Jane Goodall
Born : 3rd April 1934
Died : N/A
Birthplace : England
About :
Jane Goodall is an anthropologist who
lived and studied chimpanzees in East
Africa.
She is a UN Messenger of Peace and she
helped found the Nonhuman Rights
Project.
Whilst studying chimpanzees she
observed that they had distinct
personalities and were capable of
rational thought and emotions like joy
and sorrow.
Stephen Hawking.
Born : January 8th 1942
Died : N/A
Birthday Place: England
About:
Stephen Hawking is a legendary
physicist due to his work unifying the
theory of relativity and quantum
mechanics.
He has written a book called A Brief
History of time.
He suffers from ALS (a motor neuron
disease) and communicates through a
speech generating device.
Tim Berners Lee
Born : 8th June 1955
Died : N/A
Birthplace : England
About :
Tim Berners Lee is a computer
scientist who is credited with
inventing the World Wide Web in
1989.
He was knighted in 2004 by Queen
Elizabeth II for his work with the
internet.