- Wren, Sir Christopher (1632-1723)@
Explore sites for Christopher Wren, the English clergyman and architect who designed St. Paul's Cathedral, London. Sites feature biography, work, and his role in rebuilding the London churches after the Great Fire of London of 1666.
dir.yahoo.com/.../Masters/Wren__Sir_Christopher__1632_1723_
- Bunyan, John (1628-1688)
Online archive of the works of the Christian preacher and author of The Pilgrim's Progress.
www.johnbunyan.org
- Newton, Sir Isaac (1642-1727)@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Mathematicians/Newton__Sir_Isaac__1642_1727_
- Fawkes, Guy [1570-1606]@
Read about Guy Fawkes, the member of a group which attempted to blow up the Houses of Parliament in 1605. Sites provide biography, background of the Gunpowder Plot, text of his confession, bibliography, and facts.
dir.yahoo.com/.../People/Fawkes__Guy__1570_1606_
- Cromwell, Oliver (1599-1658)@
Read about Oliver Cromwell, the political and military leader who made England into a republican Commonwealth. Sites offer biography, political life, campaigns, and articles on the Lord Protector of England, Ireland, and Scotland.
dir.yahoo.com/.../People/Cromwell__Oliver__1599_1658_
- Ralegh, Sir Walter (1552-1618)@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Explorers/Ralegh__Sir_Walter__1552_1618_
- Charles I (1600-1649)@
Read about Charles I, the king of England, Ireland, and Scotland, from 1625 till his execution in 1949, who was involved in the struggle for power with the Parliament of England and advocated the Divine Rights of Kings. Sites feature biography, reign, religious conflict, execution, ancestry of the English monarch, and Christian Society under the patronage of S. Charles.
dir.yahoo.com/.../Stuarts/Charles_I__1600_1649_
- William III (1650-1702)@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Stuarts/William_III__1650_1702_
- Charles II (1630-1685)@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Stuarts/Charles_II__1630_1685_
- Napier, John (1550-1617)@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Mathematicians/Napier__John__1550_1617_
- Hudson, Henry@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Explorers/Hudson__Henry__1570__1611_
- Dampier, William (1652-1715)@
Learn about the British pirate and explorer William Dampier, who circumnavigated the world and was the first Englishman to visit New Holland (Australia) aboard the Cygnet. His influential observations, maps, and journals were published in New Voyage Round the World.
dir.yahoo.com/.../Explorers/Dampier__William__1652_1715_
- James VI and I (1566-1625)@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Stuarts/James_VI_and_I__1566_1625_
- Harvey, William (1578-1657)@
dir.yahoo.com/.../People/Harvey__William__1578_1657_
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