George Peabody - Philanthropist 1795-1869
Jack the Ripper - Murderer - active 1888
Isambard Kingdom Brunel - Engineer 1806-1859
Samuel Pepys - Naval Administrator & Diarist
1633-1703
Charles Darwin - Naturalist 1809-1882
Octavia Hill - Social
Reformer 1838-1912
Charlie Chaplin - Comedy
film actor & director 1889-1977
An article on the
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