Sir Henry Percy
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~ English soldier killed in a rebellion against Henry IV (1364-1403)
sir
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~ term of address for a man
Sir Edwin Lutyens
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~ English architect who planned the city of New Delhi (1869-1944)
Sir James Augustus Henry Murray
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~ Scottish philologist and the lexicographer who shaped the Oxford English Dictionary (1837-1915)
Sir John Everett Millais
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~ Englishman and Pre-Raphaelite painter (1829-1896)
Sir James Dewar
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~ Scottish chemist and physicist noted for his work in cryogenics and his invention of the Dewar flask (1842-1923)
Sir Galahad
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~ (Arthurian legend) the most virtuous knight of the Round Table; was able to see the Holy Grail
Sir James Paul McCartney
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~ English rock star and bass guitarist and songwriter who with John Lennon wrote most of the music for the Beatles (born in 1942)
Sir Oliver Joseph Lodge
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~ English physicist who studied electromagnetic radiation and was a pioneer of radiotelegraphy (1851-1940)
Sir John Douglas Cockcroft
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~ British physicist who (with Ernest Walton in 1931) first split an atom (1897-1967)
Sir Francis Galton
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~ English scientist (cousin of Charles Darwin) who explored many fields including heredity, meteorology, statistics, psychology, and anthropology; founder of eugenics and first to use fingerprints for identification (1822-1911)
Sir Joseph Paxton
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~ English architect (1801-1865)
Sir Oliver Lodge
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~ English physicist who studied electromagnetic radiation and was a pioneer of radiotelegraphy (1851-1940)
Sir Bernard Law Montgomery
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~ English general during World War II; won victories over Rommel in North Africa and led British ground forces in the invasion of Normandy (1887-1976)
Sir Henry Bessemer
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~ British inventor and metallurgist who developed the Bessemer process (1813-1898)
Sir Ronald Ross
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~ British physician who discovered that mosquitos transmit malaria (1857-1932)
Sir Ralph David Richardson
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~ British stage and screen actor noted for playing classic roles (1902-1983)