Anjou. Region, former province of western France. Under English 1151-1204, 1360. 1480 France. Angevin.

Annual Register. 1759-. English political record. Burke.

Antigua. Carib. 1493 Columbus discovers. 1632 English settle. 18C slave trade. 1958-62 West Indies Federation. 1967 Self-government. 1981 Independent +Barbuda.

Appleton, Edward. 1892-1965. English physicist: Appleton ionospheric layer.

Aquitaine. 1C BC Rome. 5C Visigoth. 507 Franks. 700 Independent. 1137 French. 1152 English 1453 French.

Armagnac. Former county of southwest France, now Gascogne. 960 Independent. 1360 English. 1607 France.

Arne, Thomas. 1710-78. English composer: Rule Britannia 1740. Operas.

Arnold, Matthew. 1822-88. English poet. Scholar-Gypsy 1853.

Art Nouveau. (Jugendstil). 1885-1910. Originally English style of art and architecture. Reaction to Industrial uniformity. Beardsley. Tiffany. Gaudi.

Arthur I. 1187-1203. Duke of Brittany. Claimant to English throne. Defeated by John I.

Ascham, Roger. 1515-68. English humanist, author.

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.

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