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Shackleton was an Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer, best known for leading the ‘Endurance’ expedition of 1914-16. Ernest Henry Shackleton was born on 15 February 1874 in County Kildare, Ireland. His father was a doctor. The family moved to London where Shackleton was educated. Rejecting his father’s wish that he become a doctor, he joined the merchant … Read more
William Lever built Britain’s largest company and in so doing, made the first modern multinational. And unlike the US Robber Barons, for Lord Leverhulme his workers’ welfare was as important as his wealth. William Hesketh Lever is born on 19 September 1851. After six daughters, his father’s happy he finally has someone to inherit his … Read more
David Nixon started his career on television in the early ’50s performing magic illusions for both adults and children. After the war, he had toured the halls and appeared in the famous Fol-de-Rols concert party at Scarborough and in London’s West End. He built all his own tricks at home and had many of his … Read more
The word ‘genius’, like many in the English language, has become much over used in recent years and in consequence greatly devalued. There are, however, few men who more richly deserve this description than the ‘Forgotten Hero’ Reginald Joseph Mitchell. In so far as the general public recognises his name, Reginald (RJ) Mitchell is forever … Read more
Born near Ballylongford, Kerry, Ireland, in 1899 Kitchener was appointed Governer General of Sudan and from 1902-09 he was Commander in Chief of India. Appointed Secretary of State for War in 1914, Lord Kitchener was lost at sea in the sinking of the British cruiser HMS Hampshire.
