Historical men and women

Thomas Cranmer is believed to have been born on 2 nd July 1489 at Aslockton, Nottinghamshire, into a family of minor gentry. His fat...

Henry Bessemer was a Victorian engineer who made important discoveries in the production of steel, and who therefore laid the foundat...

England after the Norman Conquest After his victory at the Battle of Hastings in 1066, Duke William of Normandy knew that he woul...

Sigeric, who was the 27 th person to be elevated to the Archbishopric of Canterbury, has gone down in history as “Sigeric the Seriou...

There is a general belief that Napoleon Bonaparte was unusually short, and that he is therefore part of the common perception that di...

Mankind has long had the ambition to fly, and throughout the centuries various adventurers have tried to get off the ground and stay ...

Michael Faraday holds a very important place in the history of science, notably for his discoveries in the fields of electricity and m...