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Who was the 17th century philosopher who wrote 'An Essay Concerning Human Understanding' in 1690?
Which Scottish missionary and explorer was first European to see Victoria Falls in 1855?
Which architect played an instrumental role in designing and building New Delhi 1912-30 and designed the Cenotaph in Whitehall London?
Who was the intelligence officer and Arabist 1888-1935 known as '...........of Arabia?
Which novelist 1885–1930 wrote 'Sons and Lovers', 'Women in Love' and 'Lady Chatterley's Lover'?
Which surgeon 1827–1912 was a pioneer of antiseptic surgery and promoted the idea of sterile surgery?
Which aristocratic novelist and wife of PM Viscount Melbourne is best known for her affair with Lord Byron in 1812?
Which athlete and missionary 1902–45 won the OIympic 400 metres Gold medal in Paris 1924 as depicted in the film 'Chariots of Fire'?
Which actor 1899–1962 starred in the films 'The Private Life of Henry VIII', ' Mutiny on the Bounty' and 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame'?
Who was the physician and pioneer of naval hygiene in the Royal Navy who developed the theory that citrus fruits cured scurvy?
Which former member of the Beatles was shot dead in New York in 1980?
Which author 1812–88 wrote 'A Book of Nonsense' and the nonsense poem 'The Owl and the Pussycat'?
Which singer of the WWII songs 'We'll Meet Again' and 'The White Cliffs of Dover' is known as 'The Forces Sweetheart'?
Which anthropologist discovered important ancestral human fossils in Eastern Africa in the 1940s and 50s?
Who was Archbishop of Canterbury 1928–1942 during Edward VIII's abdication crisis of 1936?
Who was appointed Archbishop of Canterbury by Charles I in 1633 and executed by the Long Parliament under a bill of attainder in 1645?
Which artist 1802–1873, well known for his paintings of animals, sculptured the lions in Trafalgar Square?
Which Bishop of Worcester was burned at the stake together with Nicholas Ridley in Oxford 1555 during the Marian Persecutions?
Who was the popular music hall singer 1870-1922 of such songs as 'Oh Mr Porter', and known for her innuendo and double entendres?
Which Archbishop of Canterbury helped draft the first edition of Magna Carta, presented to King John in 1215?
