Child's PlayWeatherEl Nio: The Grown-Up ChildThe Connection Between the Sea and the AtmosphereChild's PlayLa Nia: The Kid's Sister El Nio has always been associated with economic hardship along the…
economistBorn: 4/8/1904Birthplace: Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England Nobel Prize-winning economist whose works include Value and Capital (1939), A Theory of Economic History (1969) and…
inventor, manufacturerBorn: 1825Birthplace: Manchester, England The son of English immigrants, he followed his father into the business of making wires, which he inherited upon his father's death.…
furniture designerBorn: 1892Birthplace: London, England Having founded Gordon Russell Ltd. in 1923 to produce furniture, by the 1930s he and his brother Dick (1903–1981) had built a reputation as…
explorerBorn: 1862Birthplace: London, England Mary Kingsley led a quiet life until after the deaths of her parents. She then took off for Africa to study African religion and culture. She traveled…
actressBorn: 2/22/1950Birthplace: Birmingham, England Walters left nursing to pursue an acting career. She got her start singing, dancing, and acting in several British stage productions. She won a…
Fede Galizia was born in Italy in 1578. By the time she was a teenager she was an accomplished portrait painter. She was famous throughout Europe. Artemisia Gentileschi lived in Europe from 1593…
singer, modelBorn: 4/15/1966Birthplace: London, England A teen model, she was known in the U.K. as a “page 3 girl” for appearing in a British tabloid, which regularly featured topless models on…
(Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise Windsor)Princess RoyalBorn: 8/15/1950Birthplace: London, England The second child of Great Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Anne has shed her adolescent…
British poet, biographer, and novelistBorn: 10/26/1952Birthplace: London Motion was named Poet Laureate of England in 1999 and has worked to popularize poetry, especially among students. His…
