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Category: Historical Figures

Posted on:January 15, 2021January 3, 2021Historical Figures Seasonal

Historical Figures: Wilson Bentley, The Man Who Photographed Snowflakes

With winter well and truly settled in, many places have been experiencing snowfall. Some places in the UK narrowly missed out on having snow on Christmas Day, bringing a much-desired White Christmas. Snowflakes bring many people joy for their crisp, clean coating of the land. School children learn how to cut out snowflake shapes from […]

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Posted on:August 11, 2020December 13, 2020Historical Figures Women's History

Historical Figures: Alice Chaucer, Lady of the Garter

One of the most famous writers from the medieval period is Geoffrey Chaucer. He lived between the 1340s and 1400 and most famously wrote The Canterbury Tales. He was also the first writer to be buried in Poets’ Corner in Westminster Abbey. However, he had a granddaughter named Alice who was born a few years […]

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Posted on:October 9, 2018December 13, 2020Historical Figures

Historical Figures: Ada Lovelace, The First Computer Programmer

I have been meaning to write about Ada Lovelace for a very long time, and as today is Ada Lovelace day I figured what better excuse to start my new series on important historical figures of the past with her. The day falls on the second Tuesday of every October, and was founded in 2009 […]

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