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Background imageDgcol Collection: Winston Churchill - Giving the V for Victory sign

Winston Churchill - Giving the V for Victory sign
Winston Churchill (1874-1965) - Giving the V for Victory sign. Churchill was Prime Minister of the United Kingdon from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955. Date: circa 1940

Background imageDgcol Collection: Jane Austen - English novelist

Jane Austen - English novelist
Jane Austen (1775-1817) - English novelist. Date: circa 1811

Background imageDgcol Collection: Marie Curie - Nobel Prize-winning Polish Scientist

Marie Curie - Nobel Prize-winning Polish Scientist
Marie Curie (1867-1934) - Polish Scientist, twice the recipient of the Nobel Prize for her pioneering research on radioactivity, the first woman Nobel winner. Date: 1911

Background imageDgcol Collection: Mary, Queen of Scots (Mary Stuart / Mary I of Scotland)

Mary, Queen of Scots (Mary Stuart / Mary I of Scotland)
Mary, Queen of Scots (15421587) (Mary Stuart / Mary I of Scotland). Date: circa 1580s

Background imageDgcol Collection: Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale

Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale (1864 - 1892) - elder son of Edward VII, died of pneumonia aged 28. Date: circa 1890

Background imageDgcol Collection: Louis Braille - inventor of system of raised-point writing

Louis Braille - inventor of system of raised-point writing
Louis Braille (1809-1852) - French inventor of system of raised-point writing for the blind. Date: circa 1850

Background imageDgcol Collection: Portrait of Oscar Wilde - Irish Playwright sitting in chair

Portrait of Oscar Wilde - Irish Playwright sitting in chair
Oscar Wilde (1856-1900) - Irish playwright, novelist, essayist, and poet. circa 1885

Background imageDgcol Collection: Portrait of William Shakespeare - English Playwright and poet

Portrait of William Shakespeare - English Playwright and poet
William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616) - English playwright and poet. Date: circa 1605

Background imageDgcol Collection: Anna Pavlova - Russian ballet dancer

Anna Pavlova - Russian ballet dancer
Anna Pavlova (1881-1931) - Russian ballet dancer holding a basket of flowers during a performance. Date: 1908

Background imageDgcol Collection: Florence Nightingale - Pioneer of Nursing Techniques

Florence Nightingale - Pioneer of Nursing Techniques
Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) - celebrated English social reformer and statistician, and the founder of modern nursing

Background imageDgcol Collection: Charles Dickens - English writer

Charles Dickens - English writer
Charles Dickens (1812-1870) - English writer. Date: circa 1860

Background imageDgcol Collection: Emily Wilding Davison - Suffragette

Emily Wilding Davison - Suffragette
Emily Wilding Davison (1872-1913). Died after throwing herself in front of the Kings horse at the Derby in June 1913, She is wearing a prisoners brooch and another medal. Date: circa 1910

Background imageDgcol Collection: Charles Darwin - English Naturalist

Charles Darwin - English Naturalist
Charles Darwin (1809-1882) - English Naturalist and Geologist - pioneer of Evolutionary Theory. Date: circa 1870

Background imageDgcol Collection: Michael Faraday - English scientist

Michael Faraday - English scientist
Michael Faraday (1791-1867) - English scientist - contributed to the study of electromagnetism and electrochemistry. His discoveries included the principles underlying electromagnetic induction

Background imageDgcol Collection: Guy Fawkes - Conspirator of the Gunpowder Plot

Guy Fawkes - Conspirator of the Gunpowder Plot
Guy Fawkes (1570-1606) - member of a group of provincial English Catholics who planned the failed Gunpowder Plot of 1605. Date: circa 1606

Background imageDgcol Collection: Galileo Galilei, Italian astronomer

Galileo Galilei, Italian astronomer
Galileo Galilei (1564-1642), Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer and philosopher. He got into trouble with the church over his claim that the sun, and not the earth

Background imageDgcol Collection: Captain James Cook - British explorer, captain and navigator

Captain James Cook - British explorer, captain and navigator
Captain James Cook - British explorer, navigator, cartographer, and captain in the Royal Navy (1728-1779). Date: 1776

Background imageDgcol Collection: Mark Twain - American writer

Mark Twain - American writer
Mark Twain (1835-1910) - American author and humorist (born Samuel Langhorne Clemens). Date: circa 1900

Background imageDgcol Collection: Winston Churchill - British Prime Minister

Winston Churchill - British Prime Minister
Winston Churchill (1874-1965) - About to enter a Government Office. Churchill was Prime Minister of the United Kingdon from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955. Date: 1940


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