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Most famous British man/woman in history?
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Daniel | Report | 13 Oct 2004 16:57 |
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Is God a man or woman or niether??? |
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Spud Fae Livi | Report | 13 Oct 2004 17:05 |
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Alexander Graham Bell Where would the modern world be without the telephone. |
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McDitzy | Report | 13 Oct 2004 17:09 |
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Ann - I'm not sure about Cromwell. He reformed our political system, yes, but when he was Lord Protector he was just as bad as the kings and queens of that time. His son was Lord Protector after him, not through election but through inheritance. Surely that's practically the same as the systrem he was fighting against? Jenner invented Penicillin, didn't he? And he was English. As for Shakespeare - after all the annoyance of having to read his plays and study them, I don't think he's the best Briton ever. He was clever in his writing, but so have a lot of other authors before and after him. Chaucer, Austen, Bronte, Byron, Dickens etc |
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SheilaSomerset | Report | 13 Oct 2004 17:52 |
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Penicillin - Alexander Fleming, although some theories say that others did all the work and he just happened to reap the benefits! Jenner - smallpox vaccine |
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Deborah | Report | 13 Oct 2004 17:55 |
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By the way Daniel, Jesus was not British. I wonder what Alexander Bell would make of the mobile? |
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ஐ+*¨^¨*+e+*¨^¨*+ஐ Mildred Honkinbottom | Report | 13 Oct 2004 18:00 |
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What nationality is/was god?? We are all deamed as gods children, and we are all nationalities of the world |
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syljo | Report | 13 Oct 2004 18:17 |
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Have you noticed how the men never think any woman is famous. Just reading through these replies shows male dominance, or do I read them wrongly!! Sylvia xxx |
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Daniel | Report | 13 Oct 2004 18:40 |
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He he, I know Jesus wasn't British. I just read the thread wrong. :-) |
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(eyes) | Report | 14 Oct 2004 22:52 |
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oops didn't notice the 'british' well picked up Peter, but cheers Pat for your comment. |
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PennyDainty | Report | 14 Oct 2004 23:28 |
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It is alleged that Pontius Pilot was born in Fortingall, Scotland and if so, surely he has got to be the most famous Brit. Christine |
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Len of the Chilterns | Report | 14 Oct 2004 23:39 |
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I nominate Isaac Newton. He was not a very nice man but neither was Brunel who ruined a lot of people. Len |
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Battenburg | Report | 15 Oct 2004 08:29 |
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What about the famous Yorkshire man Captain Cook.Ilived a mile from where he was born Or George Stephenson |
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