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5 days ago · Frame: 31 x 37 1/2 inches. Sir Winston Churchill, perhaps Britain’s most revered prime minister, stood defiantly against fascism becoming an inspirational figure for the nation and emblematic of the eventual triumph of democracy. Scottish photojournalist Harry Benson, a legend in his own right, says, “Sir Winston Churchill was to me the ...
- Harry Benson
4 days ago · Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts. 1. Winston's father, Lord Randolph Churchill, was British. What nationality was his mother, born Jeanette "Jennie" Jerome? Answer: American. Both his parents led very busy lives, and young Winston was primarily raised by devoted nanny Mrs. Everest (he called her "Woomany" or "Old Woom").
1 day ago · Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin KBE (16 April 1889 – 25 December 1977) was an English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer who rose to fame in the era of silent film. He became a worldwide icon through his screen persona, the Tramp, and is considered one of the film industry's most important figures. His career spanned more than 75 years, from ...
8 hours ago · C. S. Lewis. Clive Staples Lewis FBA (29 November 1898 – 22 November 1963) was a British writer, literary scholar, and Anglican lay theologian. He held academic positions in English literature at both Magdalen College, Oxford (1925–1954), and Magdalene College, Cambridge (1954–1963). He is best known as the author of The Chronicles of ...
- Novelist, scholar, broadcaster
- University College, Oxford
- 2 step-sons, including Douglas Gresham
- Christian apologetics, fantasy, science fiction, children's literature
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1 day ago · Alexander the Great (born 356 bce, Pella, Macedonia [northwest of Thessaloníki, Greece]—died June 13, 323 bce, Babylon [near Al-Ḥillah, Iraq]) was the king of Macedonia (336–323 bce ), who overthrew the Persian empire, carried Macedonian arms to India, and laid the foundations for the Hellenistic world of territorial kingdoms.
- Frank W. Walbank
2 days ago · War Cross. Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark, [1] later Philip Mountbatten; 10 June 1921 [fn 1] – 9 April 2021), was the husband of Queen Elizabeth II. As such, he was the consort of the British monarch from his wife's accession on 6 February 1952 until his death in 2021, making him the longest-serving ...
5 days ago · Napoleon was born on Corsica shortly after the island’s cession to France by the Genoese. He was the fourth, and second surviving, child of Carlo Buonaparte, a lawyer, and his wife, Letizia Ramolino. His father’s family, of ancient Tuscan nobility, had emigrated to Corsica in the 16th century. Carlo Buonaparte had married the beautiful and ...
