Transcript Famous people of Britain

By Denisa Ciglanová 3. G.
William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616)
-Playwright, poet, actor
 Agatha Christie
Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller
15 September 1890- 12 January 1976
was a British crime writer of novels, short stories,
and plays. She also wrote romances under the
name Mary Westmacott, but she is best
remembered for her 66 detective novels and
more than 15 short story collections
Works:
(The Murder at the Vicarage, (Death on the Nile,
Ten Little Niggers)
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February 1812- 9 June 1870
 Charles Dickens is a famous English writer.
 People all over the world enjoy his stories.
One of them is Oliver Twist, the story of a
poor boy in Victorian times. His first big
success was The Pickwick Papers. Of his
many books, Dickens liked David Copperfield
best. In 1843, Dickens wrote A Christmas
Carol. It is one of his most famous stories.
 Dickens and his wife had 10 children. But
their marriage was not happy. In 1858, they
split up.
 Isaac
Newton (25 December 1642-20 March
1727
 Isaac Newton was a mathematician and
scientist who invented differential calculus
and formulated the theory of universal
gravitation, a theory about the nature of
light, and three laws of motion.
 Newton never married, and no evidence has
been uncovered that he had any romantic
relationship
Newtons Telescope
Replica
 Charles
Robert Darwin-12 February 1809-19
April 1882
 Charles Darwin was a British naturalist of the
nineteenth century. He and others developed
the theory of evolution. This theory forms the
basis for the modern life sciences. Darwin's
most famous books are 'The Origin of Species'
and 'The Descent of Man'. Darwin worked on his
theory for 20 years. He has 10 children with his
wife and cousin Emma Wedgwood.
 Charles
Spencer Chaplin 16 April 1889-25
December 1977)
 was an English comic actor, film director and
composer best known for his work in the
United States during the silent film era. He
became the most famous film star in the
world before the end of World War I. Chaplin
used mime, slapstick and other visual
comedy routines, and continued well into the
era of the talkies, though his films decreased
in frequency from the end of the 1920s. His
most famous role was that of The Tramp.
 The
Beatles were an English rock band
formed in Liverpool in 1960. They became
the most commercially successful and
critically acclaimed act in the history of
popular music. Their best-known lineup
consisted of John Lennon, Paul
McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr.
In the early 1960s, their enormous popularity
first emerged as "Beatlemania"
 Captain
James Cook 7 November 1728- 14
February 1779
 James Cook was an explorer of the
eighteenth century, known for his voyages to
the Pacific Ocean. Cook visited New Zealand,
established the first European colony in
Australia, and was the first European to visit
Hawaii. He also approached Antarctica and
explored much of the western coast of North
America.
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill
(30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965)
 Winston Churchill was a politician, a soldier, an
artist, and the 20th century's most famous and
celebrated Prime Minister.
 People remember Churchill as a war leader. But
he did other important jobs in a long life full of
adventures. Winston Churchill loved history and
in his life he made history.
 Churchill received the Nobel Prize in
Literature in 1953 for his numerous published
works, especially his six-volume set The Second
World War.
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