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Science Fair Project Encyclopedia
People from Plymouth
Here is a list of people who are from or have played a role in the history of the city of Plymouth, England.
- Lady Nancy Astor, socialite politician, wife of Waldorf Astor
- Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor, businessman, politician, and husband of Nancy Astor
- Sabine Baring-Gould, Victorian hagiographer, antiquarian, novelist, and eclectic scholar
- Sue Barker, television presenter and former tennis champion
- Stanley Richard Bate , composer
- Napoleon Bonaparte, French militarist and ruler
- Beryl Cook , artist
- Thomas Cook, founder of the travel agency that bears his name
- William Crossing, writer and documenter of Dartmoor and Dartmoor life
- Charles Dance , actor (The Jewel in the Crown)
- Jill Dando, television presenter who was murdered
- Sharron Davies, Olympic medal-winning swimmer
- Henry Austin Dobson, poet and essayist
- Sir Francis Drake, privateer, navigator, naval hero, politician, and civil engineer of the Elizabethan period
- Michael Foot, politician
- Dawn French, comedian (one half of the comic duo French & Saunders)
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- Ron Goodwin, composer (film score for Alfred Hitchcock's Frenzy) and conductor
- Richard Greene, actor (The Adventures of Robin Hood (series))
- Robert Stephen Hawker, poet, antiquarian of Cornwall, and Anglican clergyman
- John Hawkins, navigator; first English slave trader
- Benjamin Robert Haydon, historical painter and writer
- T E Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia), war hero of the First World War and the Arab Revolt of 1916–1918
- Robert Lenkiewicz, noted artist of the latter 20th century
- Sir Charles Lock Eastlake, painter, gallery director, collector and writer of the early 19th century
- James Northcote, prolific painter
- Samuel Prout, water-colour painter
- Sir Walter Raleigh, writer, poet, spy, and explorer
- J. Rendel Harris, biblical scholar and curator
- Sir Joshua Reynolds, eighteenth-century painter, specialising in portraits and promoting the "Grand Style" in painting
- Angela Rippon, television journalist
- Robert Falcon Scott (Scott of the Antarctic), British Naval officer and Antarctic explorer
- Wayne Sleep , musical and ballet dancer
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Science kits, science lessons, science toys, maths
toys, hobby kits, science games and books - these are some of many products
that can help give your kid an edge in their science fair projects, and develop
a tremendous interest in the study of science. When shopping for a science
kit or other supplies, make sure that you carefully review the features and
quality of the products. Compare prices by going to several online stores.
Read product reviews online or refer to magazines.
Start by looking
for your science kit review or science toy review. Compare prices but remember,
Price $ is not everything. Quality does matter.
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