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Famous Britons

Конкурс рассказов об известных людях Великобритании

Цели:

• Обобщение изученного материала по теме «Известные люди Великобритании».
• Совершенствование навыков монологической речи.
• Актуализация страноведческого материала.

Charles Babbage

• Born: 26 December 1791
• Occupation: Mathematician, analytical philosopher, mechanical engineer,
• Originated the idea of a programmable computer
• Died: 18 October 1871 (aged 79)

Alexander Graham Bell

• Born: 3 March 1847
• Occupation: inventor, scientist
• Education: University of Edinburgh,

University of Toronto

• associated with the invention of the telephone
• Died: 2 August 1922 (aged 75)

William Shakespeare

• Born: April 1564 (exact date unknown)
• Occupation: playwright, poet, actor
• Genres: comedies, tragedies, tragicomedies, sonnets
• 38 plays, 154 sonnets
• Died: 23 April 1616

Daniel Defoe

• Born: 1659|1661(?)
• Occupation: writer, journalist, spy
• 500 books, pamphlets, journals
• Famous novel: “Robinson Crusoe”
• Topics: politics, crime, religion, psychology
• Died: 24 April 1771 (?)

Lewis Carroll

• Name: Charles Lutwidge Dodgson
• Born: 27 January 1832
• Occupation: writer, mathematician, clergyman, photographer
• Genre: literary nonsense
• Died: 14 January 1898

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

• Born: 22 May 1859
• Occupation: short story writer, novelist, poet, doctor
• Genre: detective fiction, historical novels, nonfiction, poetry
• Famous book – about detective Sherlock Holmes
• Died: 7 July 1930 (aged 71)

Sir Isaac Newton

• Born: 4 January 1643
• Occupation: physicist, mathematician, astronomer, natural philosopher, alchemist
• Scientific revolution
• Died: 31 March 1728 (aged 85)

Charles Darwin

• Full Name: Charles Robert Darwin
• Born: 12 February 1809
• Alma mater: University of Edinburgh, University of Cambridge
• Occupation: naturalist
• Known for: Natural selection,

The origin of Species

• Prizes: Royal Medal (1853), Wollaston Medal (1859), Coplay Medal (1864)
• Died: 19 April 1882

Robert Louis Stevenson

• Born: 13 November 1850
• Occupation: novelist, poet, and travel writer
• Famous book: Treasure Island
• Died: 3 December 1894

Joseph Rudyard Kipling

• Born: December 30, 1865, Bombay, India
• Occupation: short story writer, novelist, poet, journalist
• Genres: Short story, novel, children's literature, poetry, travel literature
• Famous work: “The Jungle Book”
• Died: January 18, 1936 (aged 70)

Sir Alexander Fleming

• Born: 6 August 1881, Scotland
• Occupation: biologist and pharmacologist
• Best-known achievement: the discovery of penicillin
• a Nobel Prize in 1945
• Died: 11 March 1955

Charlie Chaplin

• Full Name: Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin
• Born: 16 April 1889
• Occupation: comedy actor, director and musician
• one of the finest mimes and clowns
• His working life: over 65 years
• Died:25 December 1977 (aged 88)

John Logie Baird

• Born: August 13, 1888
• Occupation: engineer
• inventor of the world's first working

television system

• Died: June 14, 1946

Agatha Christie

• Name : Agatha Mary Clarissa, Lady Mallowan
• Born: 15 September 1890
• Occupation: novelist (80 detective novels)
• Genres: murder mystery, crime fiction
• the best-selling writer of books of all time
• Died: 12 January 1976

JRR Tolkien

• Born: 3 January 1892
• Occupation: philologist, writer and
• university professor
• Genres: high fantasy
• Famous books: The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings
• Died: 2 September 1973 (aged 81)

JK Rowling

• Name: Joanne "Jo" Murray née Rowling
• Born: 31 July 1965
• Occupation: novelist
• Genres: fantasy
• Famous book – about Harry Potter

John Lennon

• Full name : John Winston Ono Lennon
• Born: 9 October 1940
• Occupation: songwriter, singer, musician, graphic artist, author and peace activist
• One of the founders of The Beatles
• Died: 8 December 1980

Princess Diana

• Diana Frances; née Spencer
• 1 July 1961
• Princess of Wales
• the first wife of Charles, Prince of Wales
• two sons, Princes William and Harry
• took part in many Charities
• 31 August 1997 (aged 36)

David Beckham

• Full name: David Robert Joseph Beckham
• Born: 2 May 1975
• Professional football (soccer) midfielder
• A member of the England national team
• Clubs: Manchester United Real Madrid Los Angeles Galaxy
• the world's highest-paid footballer