Life in the UK Test
Prep
Notable Figures: 20th Century & Modern
•
Alan Turing
: British mathematician who invented the
Turing machine
.
•
Clement Attlee
:
Labour Prime Minister
who introduced the
welfare state
and the
NHS
.
•
John Logie Baird
: Developed the television in the 1920s.
•
Margaret Thatcher
:
Britain’s
first woman
Prime Minister
(1979–1990).
•
Sir Frank Whittle
:
Royal Air Force
engineer who developed the jet engine in the 1930s.
•
Sir Ian Wilmot
and
Keith Campbell
: Led the team that cloned
Dolly the sheep
in 1996.
•
Sir Robert Watson-Watt
: Developed radar in 1935.
•
Sir Tim Berners-Lee
: Inventor of the
World Wide Web
.
•
Tony Blair
:
Labour Prime Minister
(elected 1997) who introduced devolved administrations.
•
Winston Churchill
:
Prime Minister
during
World War II
; famous for his inspirational speeches.
•
Colin Firth
,
Sir Anthony Hopkins
,
Dame Judi Dench
,
Kate Winslet
, and
Tilda Swinton
: Recent
British
actors to win
Oscars
.
•
Nick Park
: Animator who won four
Oscars
for films featuring
Wallace and Gromit
.
•
Sir Laurence Olivier
: Actor famous for various
Shakespeare
roles.