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928 matches to English Revolution
Assandum, Battle. 1016. Danes defeat English in Essex.
Aston, Francis. 1877-1945. English physicist. Mass spectrograph.
Auden, W.H. 1907-73. English/US poet/opera librettist. The Rake’s Progress 1951.
Austen, Jane. 1775-1817. English novelist: Sense and Sensibility, 1811, Pride and Prejudice, 1813. “the exquisite touch which renders the commonplace interesting”-W. Scott. Emma 1816.
Austin, Herbert. 1886-1941. English car manufacturer. Small car pioneer.
Babington, Anthony. 1561-86. English conspirator to murder Elizabeth I for Mary Queen of Scots. Beheaded.
Bacon, Francis. 1561-1626. English chancellor and philosopher. First king’s counsel. Favoured inductive over deductive reasoning. Separated Science from religion. New Atlantis 1625. B. Scientific method: Novum Organum 1620. Essays 1625.
Bacon, Roger. 1214-94. English Franciscan monk. Advocated scientific experiment, observation. Alchemist. Formulated gunpowder. Magnifying glass 1250. Opus Majus 1266.Telescope.
Baden-Powell, Robert. 1857-1941. English General, founded Boy Scouts 1908; Girl Guides with sister Agnes, 1910.
Bagehot, Walter. 1826-77. English social scientist/ essayist. The English Constitution 1867. Physics and Politics 1872. Lombard St. 1873.
Bahamas. Arawak. 1492 Columbus. 1646 English colonize. 1782-3 Spain. 1973 Independent.
Baker, Benjamin. 1840-1907. English engineer: London Underground 1869. Forth Bridge 1882. Aswan Dam.
Baker, Herbert. 1862-1946. English architect: Pretoria government buildings; New Delhi.
Ball, John. -1381. English priest. Led Peasants Revolt. Executed. Tyler.
Ballot Act. 1872. Established secret ballot in English Parliamentary elections.
Banks, Joseph. 1743-1820. English botanist with Cook’s explorations.
Bannister, Roger. 1929-. English. Ran first 4 minute mile at Oxford, 1954.
Bannockburn, Battle. 1314. Scots defeat English, assuring independence. Robert the Bruce.
Barbados. Arawak. 1518 Portugal discovers. 1627 English settle. 1966 Independent.
Barry, Charles. 1795-1860. English architect: Westminster Parliament 1840. Trafalgar Square 1840-3.
Bart, Jean. 1650-1702. French privateer for Louis XIV vs English.
Bates, W. 1825-92. English naturalist. Supported Darwin with mimicry evidence.
Beaufort, Francis. 1774-1857. English hydrographer: wind scale 1805.
Beckett, Samuel. 1906-89. English/Irish novelist, dramatist expressing man’s suffering: Waiting for Godot 1952. Endgame.
Bede, St. (The Venerable). 673-735. English historian: De Temporum Ratione 725.Ecclesiastical History 731.