Rugby School is a famous British public school in Warwickshire. It was founded in 1567 by Lawrence Sheriff, a London tradesman. The school prospered under the headmastership of Dr Thomas Arnold who entered it in 1828. Research Rugby School
Plesiosaurus was a genus of long-necked Plesiosaur. Plesiosaurus was a marine reptile (very similar to a dinosaur, and libing at the same time but in the sea) that lived during the Mesozoic Period. It had a long neck, short tail, small head and four paddle-like limbs. Remains of a Plesiosaurus have been found in a quarry at Harbury in Warwickshire, England. Research Plesiosaurus
George Eliot was the published name of Mary Ann Evans (Marian Evans), an English writer. She was born in 1819 at Griff near Nuneaton and died in 1880. She was the daughter of a Warwickshire land-agent and surveyor, and received an excellent education at Coventry, comprising the classical and modern languages, and shortly after her twenty-first birthday she became a convert to Rationalism.
Her first literary undertaking was the completion of Mrs. Hennell's translation of Strauss's Life of Jesus (1846). After spending two years abroad she boarded at the house of John Chapman, editor of the Westminster Review, of which she became sub-editor. It was not, however, until January, 1857, that she came prominently into public notice, when the first of a series of tales entitled Scenes from Clerical Life appeared in Blackwood's Magazine. These were written anonymously, and when it was assumed to have been written by a man she adopted her nom de plume. The series came to an end in November, 1857, and in the following year the publication of Adam Bede placed her in the first rank of writers of fiction. It was succeeded by the Mill on the Floss published in 1860, Silas Marner published in 1861, Eomola (1863), Felix Holt (1866), Middlemarch (1872), and Daniel Deronda (1876). In addition to those prose works she published three volumes of poems, The Spanish Gypsy (1818), Agatha (1869), and the Legend of Jubal (1874). Her last work published during her life was the series of essays entitled The Impressions of Theophrastus Such (1879), but a volume of mixed essays was issued posthumously. For many years she was happily associated both in life and work with George Henry Lewes, though marriage was impossible during the lifetime of Mrs. Lewes. In May, 1880, after Mr. Lewes' death, she married Mr. John Cross, but did not survive the marriage many months, dying rather suddenly at Chelsea on the 22nd of December of that year. Research George Eliot
Sir Nicholas Throgmorton (also known as Sir Nicholas Throckmorton) was an English diplomat. He was born in 1515 and died in 1571. The son of a Warwickshireknight, he was brought up at court and entered parliament in 1545. He served in the Scottish campaign of 1547. He was sent to France by Elizabeth I as ambassador in 1559, a position he held until 1564. While in Paris he formed a friendship with Mary Stuart whom he assisted in her return to Scotland. Research Nicholas Throgmorton
Sir William Dugdale was an English antiquary and Garter King-of-Arms. He was born in 1605 and died in 1686. He was a Royalist, and was made Chesterherald in 1644 and accompanied Charles I to Oxford during the Civil War. At the Restoration he was appointed King-of-Arms and knighted. With Roger Dodsworth he produced an important work on English monasteries titled Monasticon Anglicanum. Among his other works are Antiquities of Warwickshire ; the Baronage or Peerage of England; Origines Judiciales, or Historical Memoirs of the English Law, Courts of Justice, etc; a History of St. Paul's Cathedral; and various minor writings. He also completed and published the second volume of Spelman's Concilia. Research William Dugdale
Mark Strickson is an English actor and film producer. He was born in 1961 at Stratford-Upon-Avon, Warwickshire. He is best known for playing 'Turlough' from 1983 to 1984 in the television series 'Dr Who'. During the 1990's he became less involved with acting and more involved in producing wildlife documentaries, working with among others Steve Irwin. Research Mark Strickson More information about Mark Strickson
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