Leonard Woolley

Leonard Woolley

male, deceased (1960)
Charles Leonard Woolley (17 April, 1880-20 February, 1960) was a British archaeologist best known for his excavations at Ur in Mesopotamia. He is...
Angus Wilson

Angus Wilson

male, deceased (1991)
Angus Frank Johnstone Wilson (August 11,1913-May 31, 1991) was a British novelist and short story writer. He received a knighthood for his services...
Mary Delany

Mary Delany

female, deceased (1788)
Mary Delany, nee Granville (14 May 1700 - 15 April 1788) was an English Bluestocking, artist, and writer. She was born at Coulston, Wiltshire, a...
Shalmaneser III

Shalmaneser III

male
Shalmaneser III was king of Assyria (859 BC-824 BC), and son of the previous ruler, Ashurnasirpal II. His long reign was a constant series of...

Robert Anderson

male
Dr Robert Geoffrey William Anderson, MA, DPhil was Director of the British Museum, London. Robert Anderson studied at St John's College, Oxford...
Thomas Wright

Thomas Wright

male, deceased (1884)
Thomas Wright (November 9, 1809 - November 17, 1884) was a Scottish surgeon and palaeontologist. Wright published a number of papers on the fossils...
Bernard Quaritch

Bernard Quaritch

male, deceased (1899)
Bernard Quaritch (April 23, 1819 - December 17, 1899) was a German-born British bookseller and collector. He was born at Worbis, Germany. After...
George Shaw

George Shaw

male, deceased (1813)
George Shaw (December 10, 1751 - July 22, 1813) was an English botanist and zoologist. Shaw was born at Bierton, Buckinghamshire and was educated...
Gavin de Beer

Gavin de Beer

male, deceased (1972)
Sir Gavin Rylands de Beer FRS (1899–1972) was a British evolutionary embryologist, director of the British Museum (Natural History) and president of...
Edmund Gosse

Edmund Gosse

male, deceased (1928)
Edmund William Gosse (September 21, 1849 - May 16, 1928) was an English poet, author and critic, the son of Philip Henry Gosse and Emily Bowes.