Famous People In the history of Great Britain

Famous People. In the history of Great Britain there a lot of famous names.

The Royal Family. At present the British Royal family is headed by the Queen Elizabeth the Second. She came to the throne after her father’s death in 1952 and was crowned in Westminster Abbey in June 1953. Among queen Elizabeth’s many duties are regular visits she makes to foreign countries.

The Queen’s husband is Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. He served in the Royal Navy.

The Queen’s son is Charles, Prince of Wales, now married Camilla Parker Bowles after Lady Diana’s death. People pay much attention to their life and Queen’s grandsons.

Queen’s other children are Princess Ann, Prince, Andrew and Prince Edward. Princess Ann is widely known for her interests in horses. She was once the champion of Europe in horse races. She is now Chancellor of the University of London.

Literature. William Shakespeare Charles Dickens Rudyard Kipling Robert Burns John Ronald Reuel Tolkien Agatha Christie

Art. William Hogarth John Constable Thomas Gainsborough

Famous People of Russia. Literature. Marina Tsvetaeva Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin Leo Tolstoy Mikhail Bulgakov Sergey Yesenin Anna Akhmatova

Art. Karl Briullov Isaac Levitan Vasily Perov Vasiliy Polenov Ivan Nikolaevich Kramskoi

Science. Vladimir Ivanovich Vernadsky His ideas of noosphere were an important contribution to Russian cosmism. Mikhail Lomonosov Ivan Petrovich Pavlov

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