As you hopefully will know, over the last few months – in addition to our regular discussion topics ranging from holidays (last week we heard about paragliding in South Africa!), books, music, movies, right up to the question ‘is it normal for young boys to want to make something explode!?’ (Yes, it is) – we have all been presenting nominations for our greatest Briton!
In today’s English Lunch we had our final nominations, which means it is now time to vote!
In order to vote all you need to do is give a thumbs-up in the comments section at the bottom of this post – you can of course choose more than one nomination! Next week we will review the results before starting our next topic, which is ‘book recommendations’.
In all there were 14 nominations and the presentations were really fantastic – below you can find short summaries for all of our nominations for The Greatest Britain!! … for more information go to https://www.britannica.com/
1. Charles Darwin 1809 – 1882
English naturalist whose scientific theory of evolution by natural selection became the foundation of modern evolutionary studies. He shocked religious Victorian society by suggesting that animals and humans shared a common ancestry.dsfgdfg
2. George Orwell 1903 – 1950.
English novelist, essayist, and critic famous for his novels Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-four (written in 1949) examining the dangers of totalitarian rule.
3. Florence Nightingale 1820 – 1910.
The ‘Lady with the Lamp’ was a nurse, statistician, social reformer and is recognised at the founder of modern nursing. She established the first scientifically based nursing school (at St. Thomas’ Hospital in London), set up training for midwives and nurses and was the first woman awarded the Order of Merit.
4. Freddy Mercury 1946 – 1991
Rock singer and songwriter. A great singer, showman and frontman of the band Queen. One of rock’s most famous personalities, he was born to Parsi parents who had emigrated from India to Zanzibar.
5. Alan Turing 1912 – 1954
British mathematician and logician who made major contributions to mathematics, cryptanalysis, logic, philosophy and also to the new areas such as computer science, cognitive science and artificial intelligence.
6. Mike Oldfield 1953 –
Musician and composer, whose work combines rock with world, folk, classical, electronic, ambient, and new-age music. First and biggest commercial success is the album Tubular Bells – which also launched the Virgin brand.
7. Rowan Atkinson (nominated twice!) 1955 –
8. James Bond
9. John Cleese 1939 –
10. John Lennon1940 – 1980
11. Andrew Carnegie 1835 – 1919
Scottish-born American industrialist who led the expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century, became the richest person in the world and an important philanthropist.
12. Henry VIII 1491 – 1547
King of England (1509–47), presided over the start of the English Renaissance, English Reformation and Church of England. Probably most famout for his six wives.
13. Peter Gabriel 1950 –
14. Jamie Oliver 1975 –
Achieved worldwide fame with his television shows The Naked Chef and Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution. Britain’s bestselling non-fiction writer of all time.
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16 responses
Jamie Oliver
Peter Gabriel
Henry VIII
Andrew Carnegie
John Lennon
John Cleese
James Bond
Rowan Atkinson
Mike Oldfield
Alan Turing
Freddy Mercury
Florence Nightingale
George Orwell
Charles Darwin
One of my greatest Briton: Mr. Peter Gabriel!
Here are some links to three lovely songs – enjoy them 🙂 !
https://youtu.be/evN6DIGPIJM “In your eyes”
https://youtu.be/Vy0LJnvWpus “Blood of Eden”
https://youtu.be/2a3GIy03iRk “Talk to me”
hope I gave my “thumbs ups” correctly 😉
Best
Richard