Biographical Outlines: British History
BRITISH HISTORY.
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B.C. 100–44.
This greatest of the Roman generals, and afterwards the first Roman emperor, having subdued the whole of Gaul, beyond and on this side the Alps (now France, Switzerland, and part of Italy), invaded Britain, and landing near Deal, defeated the Britons and obliged them to pay tribute, B.C. 55. The next year he led a second and larger army to Britain, and having conquered the British tribes in several battles, he took possession of the southern provinces, and paved the way for the total occupation of Britain by the Romans.
Died A.D. 43.
A brave British general (son of a native king, Cunobolin) who resisted the Romans when, under the Emperor Claudius, they extended their conquests in Britain. Taken prisoner to Rome, and led in triumph, he expressed his surprise that a nation possessed of such magnificence could covet his humble cottage in Britain.
Died A.D. 59.
A Roman general sent to Britain under the Emperor Nero. He attacked and destroyed the Druids in the island of Anglesea, and so roused the Britains that, under their queen, Boadicea, they defeated the Romans with great slaughter, and burned London.
Died A.D. 61.
Queen of the Iceni, who occupied Norfolk and the valley of the great Ouse. She and her daughter being shamefully and cruelly treated by the Romans, under Paulinus, attacked and defeated them and burned London. She was, however, soon after defeated by them in Essex, and eighty thousand Britons were slain, when in despair she poisoned herself.
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BIOGRAPHICAL OUTLINES
PAULINUS.
BOADICEA.
AGRICOLA.
SAINT ALBAN.
CONSTANTINE THE GREAT.
HENGIST AND HORSA.
KING ARTHUR.
GILDAS THE WISE.
SAINT AUGUSTINE.
VENERABLE BEDE.
ALFRED THE GREAT.
ASSER.
ST. DUNSTAN, ABBOT.
CANUTE THE GREAT.
PETER THE HERMIT.
SIR WALTER TYRRELL.
RICHARD CŒUR DE LION.
STEPHEN CARDINAL LANGTON.
ROGER BACON.
SIMON DE MONTFORT,
SIR WILLIAM WALLACE.
EDWARD I.
ROBERT BRUCE,
ROGER MORTIMER,
QUEEN PHILIPPA.
THE BLACK PRINCE.
JOHN GOWER.
HENRY V.
RICHARD NEVILLE,
CARDINAL WOLSEY.
SIR THOMAS MORE.
WILLIAM TYNDALE.
THOMAS CRANMER,
SEBASTIAN CABOT,
SIR PHILIP SIDNEY.
SIR FRANCIS WALSINGHAM.
SIR FRANCIS DRAKE.
WILLIAM CECIL,
EDMUND SPENSER.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE.
SIR WALTER RALEIGH,
FRANCIS BACON,
BEN JONSON.
JOHN HAMPDEN.
VANDYKE.
WILLIAM LAUD,
INIGO JONES.
ADMIRAL BLAKE.
DR. WILLIAM HARVEY.
JEREMY TAYLOR.
JOHN MILTON.
SIR PETER LELY.
JOHN BUNYAN.
JOHN DRYDEN.
JOHN EVELYN.
THOMAS KEN.
JOHN FLAMSTEAD.
JOSEPH ADDISON.
JOHN CHURCHILL,
SIR CHRISTOPHER WREN.
SIR RICHARD STEELE.
DANIEL DEFOE.
ALEXANDER POPE.
DEAN JONATHAN SWIFT.
JOSEPH BUTLER.
HENRY FIELDING,
GENERAL WOLFE.
SAMUEL RICHARDSON.
WILLIAM HOGARTH.
JAMES STUART.
LAWRENCE STERNE,
GEORGE WHITFIELD,
DR. TOBIAS SMOLLETT,
JAMES BRINDLEY,
ROBERT LORD CLIVE.
OLIVER GOLDSMITH.
DAVID HUME.
WILLIAM PITT,
CAPTAIN JAMES COOK.
DAVID GARRICK,
SIR WILLIAM BLACKSTONE.
DR. SAMUEL JOHNSON,
CHARLES EDWARD STUART.
JOHN WESLEY,
SIR RICHARD ARKWRIGHT.
ADMIRAL LORD RODNEY.
EDWARD GIBBON.
JOSIAH WEDGWOOD.
EDMUND BURKE,
SIR RALPH ABERCROMBIE
LORD CORNWALLIS.
HORATIO, LORD NELSON.
WILLIAM PITT,
CHARLES JAMES FOX.
MUNGO PARK.
RICHARD BRINSLEY SHERIDAN.
WARREN HASTINGS.
JAMES WATT.
JOHN KEATS.
SIR WILLIAM HERSCHEL.
PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY,
DR. JENNER.
JOHN KEMBLE.
GEORGE GORDON, LORD BYRON.
MRS. BARBAULD.
JOHN FLAXMAN.
SIR HUMPHREY DAVY.
SIR THOMAS LAWRENCE.
GEORGE CRABBE.
SIR WALTER SCOTT.
WILLIAM WILBERFORCE,
HANNAH MORE.
SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE.
SIR DAVID WILKIE.
SIR FRANCIS CHANTREY.
ROBERT SOUTHEY.
THOMAS CAMPBELL.
MRS. ELIZABETH FRY,
DANIEL O’CONNELL.
SIR JOHN FRANKLIN.
SIR ROBERT PEEL.
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH.
DUKE OF WELLINGTON.
THOMAS MOORE.
SAMUEL ROGERS.
SIR ISAMBARD KINGDOM BRUNEL.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY.
VISCOUNT PALMERSTON,
JOHN KEBLE.
CHARLES DICKENS.