Famous People of Great Britain

There are many outstanding people in Great Britain. Britain produced statesmen, thinkers, explorers, musicians, writers, scientists and other people who are well known around the world.

1 - He was one of the greatest men in the history of science. He was born in 1642 in a little village Lincolnshire. He studied mathematics at the Cambridge University. His contribution to physics astronomy and maths is so great that he may be considered the founder of the modern mathematics, and physics. He discovered the law of motion (движение) and the universal law of gravitation. He studied the nature of light and colour and came to the conclusion that white colour consists of many different colours known as spectrum. He died when he was 84 and was buried at Westminster Abbey.

2 – He was born in the beginning of the 19th century. He was a great biologist. He developed the idea of evolution of all living things from simpler creatures (созданий) and created (создал) a new theory of evolution. We learn his theory at school at biology-lessons.He had written two most famous books "The Origin of Species" and "The Descent of Man"-"Происхождение Разновидностей" и "Происхождение человека". He was buried in Westminster Abbey, among the greatest English scientists.

3 – He was an English chemist and physicist. He was born at the end of the 17th century. He was interested in electricity very much and spent long months studding this strange force. He was the discoverer of electromagnetic induction, of the law of relations between light and magnetism. So he opened many laws of electricity and magnetism.

4 – He was - the great pioneer of nuclear physics - received the Nobel Prize in 1908 for his investigations into decay of elements chemistry of radiated substances. He - a famous English physicist - worked in the field of radioactivity. His brilliant researches established (открыли, учредили) the existence and nature of radioactive transformations. He was one of the founders of the atomic theory of physics and creators (создатель) of the first atomic model.

5 – He was a discoverer of penicillin - was born in Scotland in 1929. He spent his working hours almost entirely in hospitals and laboratories. His discovery of penicillin did more to help suffering people than anything else for centuries. When he died in 1955 his old friend said: “… by his work he relieved more suffering than any other living man”.

6 – He is one of the greatest English chemists. One of his inventions (изобретений) is the miner’s safety lamp (лампа безопасности для шахтеров), known as the Davy Lamp.

7 – He, who lived in the 15th century, was an outstanding humanist, scientist and statesman. His work “Utopia” brought him worldwide acknowledgement. Many prominent people were influenced by his ideas of a free democratic state described in “Utopia”.

8 – He is one of the most famous writers in the world. He was born in 1564 in Stratford-on-Avon. It was a small English town. His plays “Romeo and Juliet”, “Hamlet, Prince of Denmark”, “King Lear”, “Macbeth” were translated into almost every language and staged in every theatre. He described the characters and feelings, which can be called international and living forever. His sonnets, full of music and harmony, praise love, friendship and beauty. His poetry is at the summit of human achievement. He died in 1616. But his plays are popular now and millions of people admire them. 9 – He was born in 1812 in the family of a small government official in the city of Portsmouth. There he first went to school.He spent most of his free time reading various books. In 1836 when only twenty-four years of age, he wrote his first book "Sketches by Boz". This book was followed by "The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club" and in two years by "Oliver Twist". These novels brought him fame in many countries. His most famous novels are "Hard Times", "David Copperfield", "Dolby and Son" and others. He died in 1870, at the age of fifty-eight.

Ключи: 1 - Isaac Newton, 2- Charles Darwin 3- Michael Faraday, 4 - Lord Rutherford, 5 - Alexander Fleming, 6 - Humphrey Davy, 7 - Thomas More, 7 - William Shakespeare, 9 - Charles Dickens.