ADDITIONAL NAMES:
As you are probably aware by now
Britain Unlimited covers 250 of the most famous names in
Britain, however from time to time its readers recommend other people
who they think should be on the list. Who knows when we expand the
list they might even make it. What do you think?
Sir George Biddell Airy:
(1801-1892) Astronomer.
Sir Kingsley Amis: (1922-95) Novelist and poet.
Lancelot Andrewes: (1555-1626) Prelate and scholar.
Matthew Arnold: (1822-88) Poet and critic.
Thomas Arundel: (1353-1414) Prelate and statesman.
Roger Ascham: (1515-1568) Humanist and scholar.
Herbert Asquith: (1852-1928) Statesman.
John Aubrey: (1626-1697) Biographer and folklorist.
William Congreve:
(1670-1729) Dramatist and Poet.
James Hutton: (1726–1797)
Scottish geologist, physician, naturalist and chemist
Ada Byron Lovelace: (1815-1852)
Daughter of Lord Byron. She was a mathematician
accredited as the first computer Programmer.
R.J. Mitchell:
(1895-1937) Designer of the Supermarine Spitfire fighter aircraft.
Henry William Paget:
1st Marquess of Anglesey (1768-1854) Officer at Waterloo and politician.
Sir Joseph Wilson Swan:
(1828-1914) Physicist and chemist, who, amongst other things,
is credited with the invention of the incandescent light bulb.
Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema
(1836-1912) Painter.
Sir Joseph Whitworth:
(1803-1887) Engineer and Inventor.
Ken Wood: (1911-1997) Founder of the food mixer company.