Слайд 1OUTSTANDING PEOPLE OF GREAT BRITAIN
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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
Слайд 3Isaac Newton
Isaac Newton one of the greatest men in the history
of science was born in the middle of the 17th century. He studied math at Cambridge University. He is the founder of the modern mathematics and physics.
Слайд 4Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin was born in the beginning of the 19th
century. He was a great biologist. He created a new theory of evolution.
Слайд 5Michael Faraday
Michael Faraday was born at the end of the 17th
century. He was interested in electricity very much. So he opened many laws of electricity and magnetism.
Слайд 6Rutherford
Lord Rutherford the great pioneer of nuclear physics received the Nobel
Prize in 1908 for his investigations into decay of elements chemistry of radiated substances.
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Alexander Graham Bell first invented the telephone at the age of
29, in 1877. The following year, the Bell Telephone Company was established.
Alexander Graham Bell
Слайд 8William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare, the greatest and most famous of English writers,
and probably the greatest playwright who has ever lived, was born on the 23d of April, 1564, in Stratford-on-Avon..
Слайд 9William Shakespeare
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Shakespeare wrote 37 plays: 10 tragedies (such as Hamlet,
King Lear, Othello, Macbeth), 17 comedies (such as As You Like It, Twelfth Night, Much Ado About Nothing), 10 historical plays (such as Henry 4, Richard 3). He also left 7 books of poems and sonnets.
Слайд 10William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare died at the age of 52 and was
buried in Stratford-upon-Avon.
Слайд 11Lord Byron
The English poet Lord Byron was one of the most
important figures of the Romantic Movement. Because of his works, active life, and physical beauty he is the perfect romantic poet-hero.
Слайд 12Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Thatcher was the longest Prime Minister of the 20th
century.
In 1979 she was elected as Britain's first woman Prime Minister. Her nickname was “ Iron Lady”.
Слайд 13The Beatles
The English ROCK MUSIC group. The guitarists John Winston Lennon,
James Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and the drummer Ringo Starr, Richard Starkey were all born and raised in Liverpool. They formed their own group, The Silver Beatles, in 1959
Слайд 14The Beatles
As The Beatles, they developed in local Liverpool clubs, and
their first recordings, "Love Me Do" (1962) and "Please Please Me" (1963), quickly made them Britain's top rock group.
Слайд 15Sir Charles Spencer "Charlie" Chaplin
Sir Charles Spencer "Charlie" Chaplin, (1889 –1977) was
an English comic actor and filmmaker who rose to fame in the silent film era, (1889 –1977) was an English comic actor and filmmaker who rose to fame in the silent film era. His career spanned more than 75 years, from childhood in the Victorian era until a year before his death at age 88.
Слайд 16Benjamin Britten
Benjamin Britten was a famous English composer whose name is
known in many countries of the world. He was born in the 1913. . By the time he was nineteen, he was already both a musician for a film company and a composer. He wrote music for the plays of several English writers.
Слайд 17Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie is known all over the world as the
Queen of Crime. She wrote 78 crime novels, 19 plays and 6 romantic novels under the name of Mary Westmacott. Her books have been translated into 103 foreign languages.
Слайд 18Joseph Rudyard Kipling
Joseph Rudyard Kipling (/ˈrʌdjərd (/ˈrʌdjərd ˈkɪplɪŋ/
(1865 –1936) was an
English
short-story writer, poet, and novelist. He wrote tales and poems of British soldiers in India and stories for children. ‘’The Jungle book’’ is the most well-known.
Слайд 19Lewis Carroll
Lewis Carroll was the pen-name of Charles L. Dodgson. the
man who wrote a famous book for children Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
Charles L. Dodgson was born in England in 1832. He got his early education at a public school. Then he became a student at Oxford. Charles studied mathematics and later taught this subject in the same college.
Слайд 20Arthur Conan Doyle
Arthur Conan Doyle was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in
1859 While in school, Conan Doyle began writing to earn a little extra money. He worked for a time as a ship's doctor, then opened his own medical practice. In his spare time he did more writing. A novel A Study in Scarlet is the story which introduced Sherlock Holmes to the world.