Keywords:   Sort by... Title asc Title desc Ordering    Results per page:   5 10 15 20 25 30 50 Adams, Douglas (1952 - 2001) Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001) was British writer well known for the Hitchhiker's Guide to the... > Read this item Aeschylus (525 BC - 431 BC) Aeschylus (525 BC - 431 BC) is known as the 'Father of Tragedy'. Born in the city of Eleusis, he... > Read this item AKEnglish AKEnglish (Amber Kathleen) is a contributing editor of Dove Cottage and lives in the Windy City... > Read this item Akenside, Mark (1721-1770) Mark Akenside (1721-1770) was a poet and physician who is principally known for his poem 'The... > Read this item Alexander, Cecil Frances (1818-1895) Cecil Frances Alexander (1818-1895) was the daughter of a major in the Royal Marines and began... > Read this item Allen, Grant (1848-1899) Grant Allen (1848-1899) was born in Ontario, Canada the son of a Protestant Minister. He was... > Read this item Allingham, William (1824-1889) William Allingham (1824 - 1889) was an Irish poet and a man of letters. The son of an English... > Read this item Archimedes (c.287 BC - 212 BC) Archimedes (c.287 BC ? 212 BC) was born in Syracuse, Sicily and is considered by some to be one... > Read this item Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC) Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC) along with Plato and Socrates, is widely considered to be one of the... > Read this item Armstrong, John (1709-1779) John Armstrong 1709-1779) was born in Roxburghshire in Scotland. He studied to become a Doctor in... > Read this item Armstrong, Neil (1930 - ) Neil Armstrong (1930 - ) was the first human to set foot on the Moon. He is an American former... > Read this item Asimov, Isaac (1920 - 1992) Isaac Asimov (1920 - 1992) was a Russian-born American author and biochemist. He is well known... > Read this item Auden, Wystan Hugh (1907-1973) Wystan Hugh Auden (1907-1973) was an English poet influenced, in his youth, by classic poets... > Read this item Aurelius, Marcus (121 -180) Marcus Aurelius (121 -180) was the Roman Emperor from 161 to his death and was a highly important... > Read this item Bacon, Francis (1561 - 1626) Francis Bacon (1561 - 1626) was an English philosopher who is well known for his role in the... > Read this item Baker, Russell (1925-) Russell Baker (1925-) is an American journalist born in Morrisonville, Virginia. Known for his... > Read this item Barbauld, Anna Laetitia (1743-1825) Anna Laetitia Barbauld (1743-1825) was born in Leicestershire, England, to the Reverend John... > Read this item Barrow, John D. (1952 -) John D. Barrow (1952 -) is an English cosmologist, theoretical physicist and mathematician. Also... > Read this item Belloc, Hilaire (1870-1953) Hilaire Belloc (1870-1953) was born in St. Cloud near Paris in 1870. He was the son of Louis... > Read this item Berners-Lee, Tim (1955 -) Tim Berners-Lee (1955 -) is the inventor of the World Wide Web and director of the World Wide Web... > Read this item Binder, Otto O. (1911 -1974) Otto O. Binder (1911 -1974) was an American author of science fiction and comic books. He well... > Read this item Blake, William (1757-1827) William Blake (1757-1827) was born in London, the son of a prosperous merchant who recognising... > Read this item Board, Paul (1958 -) Paul Board CChem FRSC (b1958) was born in Clapham, London, but now resides with his wife and two... > Read this item Bohr, Niels (1885 - 1962) Niels Bohr (1885 - 1962) won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1922 for his contributions to the... > Read this item Born, Max (1882 -1970) Max Born (1882 -1970) won the 1954 Nobel Prize in Physics for his statistical interpretations of... > Read this item Bradbury, Ray (1920 - ) Ray Bradbury (1920 - ) is an American writer of science fiction, well known for 'The Martian... > Read this item Bradley, Mary Emily Neeley (1835-1898) Mary Emily Neeley Bradley (1835-1898) was born in in Easton, Maryland, USA. She married George T.... > Read this item Bragg, William (1862-1942) William Bragg (1862-1942) was an English physicist. In 1915, he won the Nobel Prize in Physics... > Read this item Braun, Wernher von (1912 - 1977) Wernher von Braun (1912 - 1977) was a leading rocket scientist, leading Germany's rocket... > Read this item Bronowski, Jacob (1908 - 1974) Jacob Bronowski (1908 - 1974) was a British scientist and the presenter of the BBC television... > Read this item   << Start < Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Next > End >> Results 1 - 30 of 262

 

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