people to know Flashcards
who was Charles I?
The king of England from 1625 - 1649
who was Oliver Cromwell?
The Lord Protector of England 1649 - 1660
who was Christopher Columbus?
An internationally famous sailor/explorer
who were the conquistadors?
spanish invaders who invaded Ancient Maya
who was Olaudah Equiano?
A former slave who later on wrote his own autobiography
who was Sam Sharpe?
A slave who was famously known for leading a rebellion in 1831
who was Mary Prince?
A former slave who was famously known for being the first black slave who was a women to write an autobiography.
who was Queen Nanny?
The leader of the Maroons, a group of enslaved Africans who ran away or escaped from their masters/ ‘owners’ to acquire their freedom.
who was Granville Sharp?
One of the first slave abolitionists. in 1772, he helped pass a law that West Indian Planters could not hold slaves in Britain.
who was Thomas Clarkson?
A white abolistionist who helped pass the Slave Trade Act 1807, which ended British trade in slaves.
who was William Wilberforce?
A British politician and a leader of a mass movement to abolish the slave trade
who were the Sons Of Africa?
A group of campaigners who campaigned to end African chattel slavery. It was co-founded by Olaudah Equiano.
who was Edward Jenner?
An English Scientist who created the smallpox vaccine
who was Louis Pasteur?
A French Scientist who developed the earliest vaccines against fowl cholera, anthrax, and rabies.
who was James Simpson?
A Scottish Scientist who invented and popularised anaesthetics in medicine.
who was Joseph Lister?
A British surgeon and medical scientist, who invented and popularised antiseptic in medicine.
who was Florence Nightingale?
A nurse known as the founder of modern nursing.
who was Mary Seacole?
A British-Jamaican nurse and businesswoman who set up the “British Hotel” behind the lines during the Crimean War.
who was Emmeline Pankhurst?
A British political activist who organised the UK suffragette movement (WSPU) and helped women win the right to vote.
who was Millicent Fawcett?
an English politician, writer and activist who led the suffragist movement (NUWSS) and helped women win the right to vote.
who was Gertrude Bell?
an English writer, traveller, political officer, administrator, and archaeologist. Best known for her work in Iraq.
who was Elizabeth Garrett Anderson?
The first female doctor in the UK.
who was Napoleon?
The leader of France during the French Revolution.
who were the Chartists?
members of a working-class movement for political reform in the United Kingdom.
