Historical men and women

John Wilkes was an 18 th -century radical British journalist and politician whose activities paved the way for reform of the politica...

Clovis, the first king of a united France, died on 27 th November 511. Born in about 466, he was 15 or thereabouts when his father, ...

Clement Attlee was the first British Labour Prime Minister to have an overall majority in the House of Commons. His two governments, f...

London owes a huge debt to Joseph Bazalgette for solving the problem of how to dispose of the sewage produced by a rapidly growing po...

Neville Chamberlain might have been an excellent peacetime Prime Minister, but unfortunately he did not get the opportunity. Instead, ...

Pope Gregory XIII is remembered for one reason only, namely his reform of the calendar which has subsequently borne his name. Had it ...

Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin, who was a leading light in the Gothic Revival in early Victorian England, is particularly known for h...