Which controversial poet of such as 'Don Juan' and 'Childe Harold's Pilgrimage' fought in the Greek Civil War of 1824-25?
Who was the 19th century engineer who invented the process, named after him, that made steel easier, quicker and cheaper to produce?
Which children's writer 1897-1968 is best remembered for her 'Noddy', 'Famous Five' and 'Secret Seven' series?
Which Victorian mathematician and mechanical engineer built an 'Analytical Engine' which is recognised as the first mechanical computer?
Which Scottish author of 'The Thirty-Nine Steps' became Governor General of Canada in 1935?
Which Belfast born woman discovered the first radio pulsars in 1964?
Which Admiral was controversially executed in 1757 for 'failing to do his utmost' in preventing Minorca falling to the French?
Who was the only English pope (1154–59) who took the name Adrian IV?
Who was the Victorian engineer who built the Great Western Railway and a series of steamships such as the SS Great Eastern?
Whose plot to assassinate Elizabeth I in 1586 led to the execution of Mary Queen of Scots in 1587?
Who was the first British woman to graduate from medical school, in New York 1849?
Who assassinated Prime Minister Spencer Perceval in the House of Commons 1812?
Which Victorian poet is remembered for her poems such as ''How Do I Love Thee?' and ' Sonnets from the Portuguese'?
Which much travelled Victorian explorer became the first woman to be elected Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society in 1892?
Which naturalist and botanist 1743-1820 accompanied James Cook to Australia and became President of the Royal Society for over 41 years?
Which Scottish engineer is credited with inventing the world's first working television system?
Which General was defeated at the Battles of Saratoga 1777 during the American Revolution that encouraged the French into backing the American patriots?
Who was the engineer who built London's sewers following the 'Great Stink' of 1858?
Which Commander of HMS Bounty sailed an open boat 3,618 nautical miles to safety after the mutiny of 1789?
Who was Minister of Health 1945-51 and main architect in the founding of National Health Service in 1948?
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