Isambard Kingdom Brunel

Isambard Kingdom Brunel

male, deceased (1859)
Isambard Kingdom Brunel, FRS (9 April 1806 - 15 September 1859), was a British engineer. He is best known for the creation of the Great Western...
Marc Isambard Brunel

Marc Isambard Brunel

male, deceased (1849)
Sir Marc Isambard Brunel, FRS (25 April 1769 - 12 December 1849) was a French-born engineer who settled in the United Kingdom. He preferred the...
Anthony Trollope

Anthony Trollope

male, deceased (1882)
Anthony Trollope became one of the most successful, prolific and respected English novelists of the Victorian era. Some of Trollope's best-loved...

Robert Robinson

male, deceased (1975)
Sir Robert Robinson, won the 1947 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his research on plant dyestuffs (anthocyanins) and alkaloids. He was the Waynflete...
Iris Murdoch

Iris Murdoch

female, deceased (1999)
Dame Jean Iris Murdoch was a Dublin-born writer and philosopher, best known for her novels, which combine rich characterization and compelling...
George Busk

George Busk

male, deceased (1886)
George Busk FRS (12 August 1807 - 10 August 1886), was a British surgeon, zoologist and palaeontologist. He was born in St Petersburg, the son of...
William Burn

William Burn

male, deceased (1870)
William Burn (20 December 1789 - 15 February1870) was a Scottish architect, pioneer of the Scottish Baronial style. He was born in Edinburgh, the...
George Cruikshank

George Cruikshank

male, deceased (1878)
George Cruikshank was an English caricaturist and book illustrator. Born in London, he was a member of the Cruikshank family of caricaturists and...
George Birkbeck

George Birkbeck

male, deceased (1841)
George Birkbeck (10 January 1776 - 1 December 1841) was a British doctor, academic, philanthropist, an early pioneer in adult education and founder...
Leigh Hunt

Leigh Hunt

male, deceased (1859)
James Henry Leigh Hunt (October 19, 1784 - August 28, 1859) was an English essayist, poet and writer. He was born at Southgate, London, Middlesex,...