Famous people of Great Britain by Blanka Kelemen https://padlet.com/kelemenblanka00/eumt34zgjck8869h en-us 2021-10-13 18:03:07 UTC 2021-10-20 09:09:36 UTC hello@padlet.com Queen Elizabeth I. (1533-1603) kelemenblanka00 https://padlet.com/kelemenblanka00/eumt34zgjck8869h/wish/1814799511 - the first of three queens not born to rule 
- she escaped the disgrace of her mother, Queen Anne Boleyn 
- survived the politically dangerous reigns of her brother, King Edward VI, and her sister Queen Mary
- she emerged a powerful ruler, adept at boosting her popularity by ‘progressing’ around the country and playing up her image as “the Virgin Queen” 
]]> 2021-10-13 18:07:46 UTC https://padlet.com/kelemenblanka00/eumt34zgjck8869h/wish/1814799511 William Shakespeare (1564–1616) kelemenblanka00 https://padlet.com/kelemenblanka00/eumt34zgjck8869h/wish/1814802162 - finest writer of English 
- the greatest wordsmith in history
- he has been translated all over the world
- he was born and raised in England, in Stratford-upon-Avon
]]> 2021-10-13 18:08:49 UTC https://padlet.com/kelemenblanka00/eumt34zgjck8869h/wish/1814802162 Jane Austen (1775-1817) kelemenblanka00 https://padlet.com/kelemenblanka00/eumt34zgjck8869h/wish/1814810005 - most celebrated woman novelist
- her novels interpret, critique and comment upon the British landed gentry
- in her novels biting irony, realism, humour, and social commentary are common 
- Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park and Emma
- a Memoir of Jane Austen is a compelling version of her writing career and supposedly uneventful life
]]> 2021-10-13 18:11:56 UTC https://padlet.com/kelemenblanka00/eumt34zgjck8869h/wish/1814810005 John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892-1973) kelemenblanka00 https://padlet.com/kelemenblanka00/eumt34zgjck8869h/wish/1814814476 - English writer, poet, philologist, and academic, best known as the author of the high fantasy works The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings
- he was a close friend of C. S. Lewis, a co-member of the informal literary discussion group The Inklings
- Tolkien was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II on 28 March 1972
- after his death, his son Christopher published a series of works based on his father's extensive notes and unpublished manuscripts, including The Silmarillion 
- he invented languages
- Tolkien is popularly identified as the "father" of modern fantasy literature or high fantasy
]]> 2021-10-13 18:13:18 UTC https://padlet.com/kelemenblanka00/eumt34zgjck8869h/wish/1814814476 Margaret Thatcher (1925-2013) kelemenblanka00 https://padlet.com/kelemenblanka00/eumt34zgjck8869h/wish/1814817351 - Britain’s first female prime minister (1979)
- one of the most dominant figures in modern politics 
- leader of the Conservative Party
- open conflict with trade unions and socialists (nickname: Iron Lady)
- she won a then unprecedented third general election
- Euro-sceptic and Poll Tax policies had caused division in her cabinet and in 1990 so she was forced to resign as party leader
- she went to the House of Lords as Baroness Thatcher
]]> 2021-10-13 18:14:31 UTC https://padlet.com/kelemenblanka00/eumt34zgjck8869h/wish/1814817351 Alex Ferguson (1941-) kelemenblanka00 https://padlet.com/kelemenblanka00/eumt34zgjck8869h/wish/1814833249 - Scottish former football manager and player
- managed Manchester United from 1986 to 2013
- the greatest football manager of all time
- top goalscorer in the Scottish league in the 1965–66 season
- he won 38 trophies, including 13 Premier League titles, five FA Cups, and two UEFA Champions League titles
- he was knighted in the 1999 Queen's Birthday Honours list for his services 
- He retired from management at the end of the 2012–13 season]]> 2021-10-13 18:20:58 UTC https://padlet.com/kelemenblanka00/eumt34zgjck8869h/wish/1814833249 Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) kelemenblanka00 https://padlet.com/kelemenblanka00/eumt34zgjck8869h/wish/1814851076 - Irish poet and playwright
- he spoke fluent French and German
- one of the most popular playwrights in London in the early 1890s
- he is best remembered for his epigrams and plays and his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890)
- he was known for his biting wit, flamboyant dress and glittering conversational skills - best-known personalities of his day
- early death from meningitis at the age of 46]]> 2021-10-13 18:28:31 UTC https://padlet.com/kelemenblanka00/eumt34zgjck8869h/wish/1814851076 David Lloyd George (1863-1945) kelemenblanka00 https://padlet.com/kelemenblanka00/eumt34zgjck8869h/wish/1814876127 - he was the first and only Welshman to hold the office of Prime Minister
- he is remembered as one of the 20th centuries most famous radicals
- was a major player in the Paris Peace Conference of 1919
- he signed the Treaty of Versailles on behalf of the United Kingdom
- he was embroiled in a scandal over the sale of honours and the Chanak Crisis in 1922
- he led the Liberals from 1926 to 1931
- he refused to serve in Winston Churchill's War Cabinet in 1940 and he was raised to the peerage in 1945, shortly before his death]]> 2021-10-13 18:39:14 UTC https://padlet.com/kelemenblanka00/eumt34zgjck8869h/wish/1814876127 10 words: kelemenblanka00 https://padlet.com/kelemenblanka00/eumt34zgjck8869h/wish/1829804549 - queen
- writer
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- playwright
- politician
- philologist
- author
- manager 
- football player

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