British Biography
In British Biography we look at the lives of people in the arts and
sciences throughout British history. If you're interested in the lives
of kings, queens, and other politically important folk from the past,
check out our History section, and
Who's Who in Medieval Britain .
For biographies of current members of the Royal Family, see our British
Royalty Guide .
Art
Blake, William Constable, John Chippendale, Thomas Gainsborough, Thomas Gibbons, Grinling Hogarth, William Morris, William Reynolds, Joshua Turner, JMW Wedgwood, Josiah
Architecture
Adam, Robert Archer, Thomas Barry, Sir Charles Hawksmoor, Nicholas Jones, Inigo Nash, John Pugin, A.W. Wren, Christopher
Science and Engineering
Arkwright, Richard Brunel, Isambard Kingdom Newton, Isaac Stephenson, George Telford, Thomas Trevithick, Richard
Gardens
Brown, Capability Kent, William Repton, Humphrey
Literature
Bede Burns, Robert Carroll, Lewis Chaucer, Geoffrey Conan Doyle, Arthur Defoe, Daniel Dickens, Charles Donne, John Geoffrey of Monmouth Hardy, Thomas Jonson, Ben Marlowe, Christopher Scott, Walter Shakespeare, William Tennyson, Alfred Wordsworth, William
Other
Geraldus Cambrensis (Gerald
of Wales) St. Cuthbert St. David St. Dunstan Rae, John
History Prehistory - Roman
Britain - Dark Ages - Medieval
Britain - The Tudor Era - The
Stuarts - Georgian Britain - The Victorian Age
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HISTORY CORNER
Name the Historic attraction
British Heritage Awards
British History Quiz
This conflict between King John and his most powerful nobles resulted in the signing of the Magna Carta in 1215
Clue
King John's failure to live up to the terms of the Magna Carta prompted the nobles to offer the crown to Louis of France
Another clue
A second conflict with the same name errupted between Simon de Montfort and Henry VI in the late 13th century
This Day in British History
11 February, 1503
Death of Elizabeth of York, Henry VII's queen
Elizabeth, mother of Henry VIII, died in childbirth
Monarch Mayhem
This king rebuilt Westminster Abbey as a shrine to Edward the Confessor
Clue
He was married to Eleanor of Provence
