Thomas Chippendale (1718–1779) was born in Yorkshire, England in June 1718. He became a cabinet-maker in London, designing furniture in the mid-Georgian, English Rococo, and Neoclassical styles. In 1754 he published a book of his designs, titled The Gentleman and Cabinet Maker's Director, upon which success he became renowned.
The Battle of Trafalgar was a naval engagement fought by the Royal Navy against the combined fleets of the French and Spanish Navies during the War of the Third Coalition of the Napoleonic Wars.
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The Rock of Gibraltar is a monolithic limestone promontory located in the British territory of Gibraltar, near the southwestern tip of Europe on the Iberian Peninsula, and near the entrance to the Mediterranean.
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Abraham Lincoln was an American statesman and lawyer who served as the 16th president of the United States. Lincoln led the nation through its greatest moral, constitutional, and political crisis during the American Civil War.
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The second voyage of HMS Beagle, from 1831 to 1836, was the second survey expedition of HMS Beagle. At the age of 22, the graduate Charles Darwin hoped to see the tropics before becoming a parson, and accepted the opportunity.
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King Arthur was a legendary British leader who, according to medieval histories and romances, led the defence of Britain against Saxon invaders in the late 5th and early 6th centuries. Arthur Pendragon is another name for King Arthur.
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Roald Dahl was a British novelist, short story writer, poet, screenwriter, and fighter pilot. Dahl was born in Wales and he served in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War.
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George Orwell, born Eric Blair in India in 1903, was an English novelist, essayist, journalist, and critic. He is known for his visionary works such as Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-four, as well as his non-fiction classics Down and Out in Paris in London, The Road to Wigan Pier, and Homage to Catalonia.
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Agatha Christie was an English writer known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, particularly those revolving around fictional detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple.
Boudica or Boudicca, also known as Boadicea or Boudicea, and in Welsh as Buddug, was a queen of the British Celtic Iceni tribe who led an uprising against the conquering forces of the Roman Empire in AD 60 or 61.
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Hamlet is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare, the play depicts Prince Hamlet and his revenge against his uncle, Claudius, who is attempting to seize his throne and marry Hamlet's mother.
H.G. Wells was an English novelist, journalist, sociologist, and historian born in 1866. He is best known for his science fiction novels such as The Time Machine and The War of the Worlds.
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