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Who created the first practical steam engine around 1710, used for pumping water?
Who was the childrens author best remembered for her book 'The Railway Children' published 1906?
Which Regency architects (1752–1835) buildings include the 'Royal Pavilion', Brighton and the original 'Buckingham Palace?
Who was the founder of modern nursing in the Crimean War known as 'The Lady with the Lamp'?
Which Admiral won the battles of the Nile 1798, Copenhagen 1801 and Trafalgar 1805 where he was killed?
Who was Prime Minister 1770–82, most of the American Revolution?
Which Scottish mathematician, physicist, and astronomer discovered logarithms in 1614?
Who did the future Richard III marry on 12th July 1472?
Which Scottish engineer and inventor 1808–90 is known for his development of the steam hammer beginning 1840?
Who was the 16th Earl of Warwick known as 'The Kingmaker' during the Wars of the Roses?
Which Catholic Cardinal 1801-90 was a leader in the Oxford Movement that developed into Anglo-Catholicism?
Who was the author of 'Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica' 1687 famous for his theories about gravity?
Which celebrated dandy and leader of fashion in the 18th-century was Master of Ceremonies at the spa town of Bath and known as 'Beau'?
Which stage and film actress 1904-86 starred in the films 'Nell Gwynn', 'Victoria the Great' and 'The Lady with the Lamp'?
Who was 'Groom of the Stool' to Henry VIII and member of the Privy Council executed 1536 for an alleged affair with Anne Boleyn?