| Become a history buff 8 Mr Snappleweed, the LEG headmaster, has compiled another list of British notables: LORD PALMERSTON 1784-1865. Whig Foreign Secretary and Prime Minister. LORD BYRON 1788-1824. Handsome romantic poet who wrote Don Juan. SIR ROBERT PEEL 1788-1850. Prime Minister and founder of police force. JOHN KEATS 1795-1821. Romantic poet, wrote Ode To A Nightingale. BENJAMIN DISRAELI 1804-81. Novelist and Conservative Prime Minister. ISAMBARD KINGDOM BRUNEI 1806-59. Built Great Western Railway. CHARLES DARWIN 1809-82. Developed the theory of evolution WILLIAM GLADSTONE 1809-98. Liberal Prime Minister and moral crusader. WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY 1811-63. Journalist author of Vanity Fair. CHARLES DICKENS 1812-70. Prolific and influential Victorian novelist. |