Category: Biography
Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900-79). British naval commander, a great grandson of Queen Victoria. His father, Prince Louis of …
Samuel Morse Samuel Morse, (1791-1872). US inventor of the Morse Code. A keen artist, he studied painting in Britain from 1811 to 1815. He also became interested in electricity. …
Toni Morrison Toni Morrison, original name Chloe Anthony Wofford (1931- ). US writer, whose works concentrate on the experience of Black women in the US. Morrison grew up in …
William Morris William Morris, (1834-96). British craftsman, poet, and socialist. Morris became an artist through the influence of Dante Gabriel Rossetti. In 1861 he set up the firm of …
Sir Thomas More Sir Thomas More, (1478-1535). English statesman and humanist. He was a scholar of Greek and theology prior to studying law. His best-known literary work, Utopia (1516), …
Henry Moore Henry Moore, (1898-1986). British sculptor and artist. He studied at the Royal College of Art and began producing sculpture in 1922. In his sculptures of the human …
Sun Myung Moon Sun Myung Moon, (1920- ). South Korean businessman and religious leader, founder of the Unification Church. Moon, a millionaire who established his for-tune by making and …
James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose (1612-50). Scottish general. He fought in the Covenanter army opposed to Charles I’s imposition of Anglicanism on …
