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"Mad" Jack Churchill. A Royal Army Colonel who fought in World War II with a longbow and a broadsword, escaped two different concentration camps, played bagpipes in a trench while being surrounded on all sides by enemy soldiers, and lamented that the war was over because it meant he couldn't kill Nazis anymore.
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All Black people (except one) sorry not sorry.
James Baldwin
Fred Hampton
Stuart Hall
Pierre Bourdieu
Angela Davis and Paul Gilroy (I know they’re still alive but  )
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"You might want to clarify which Stuart Hall, Steve.
I assume there was more than one  "
Er, yes, I think that might be a VERY good idea. The iconic presenter of the hit 1970s 'It's a Knockout' TV show experienced a dramatic fall from grace in 2013. That is certainly not 'your' Stuart Hall. |
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Too many. But Nikola Tesla, Leonardo da Vinci and Galileo were ridiculously ahead of their times and such absolute enigmas we may probably never know the reach of their impact. |
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"You might want to clarify which Stuart Hall, Steve.
I assume there was more than one
Er, yes, I think that might be a VERY good idea. The iconic presenter of the hit 1970s 'It's a Knockout' TV show experienced a dramatic fall from grace in 2013. That is certainly not 'your' Stuart Hall."
Nah I’m on about the Black sociologist Stuart Hall. Love him very much he’s inspired me. |
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""Mad" Jack Churchill. A Royal Army Colonel who fought in World War II with a longbow and a broadsword, escaped two different concentration camps, played bagpipes in a trench while being surrounded on all sides by enemy soldiers, and lamented that the war was over because it meant he couldn't kill Nazis anymore.
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Solid choice. |
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Some great suggestions here - I’m forwarding Nellie Bly, look at her investigations into the treatment of supposedly “crazy” women in asylums
Lady Jane grey - obsessed with her as a kid, stubborn, outspoken and brave a queen for 9 days executed amid the whole catholic/Protestant Tudor mess. Dignified and stoic to the end |
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Boudicca, Joan of Arc and the Marquis De Sade - all because of their drive, passion and commitment.
Also all the early scientists that faced death or persecution for sharing their knowledge. |
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George Bernard Shaw,a left-wing polemicist.. arguably the most important English-language playwright after Shakespeare.His sharp wit, deep and dark sarcasm is unreal.Please look him up and don't miss him. |
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"Alexander Fleming.
Louis Pasteur.
Edward Jenner.
Many, many others whose medical work saved millions of lives."
Fleming's contribution to penicillin as an actual useful drug is overstated. Yes, he observed it and named it, but he was not involved in purifying it and working out how to produce it in quantities useful for therapy. That honour goes to Howard Florey and Ernest Chain. Woefully under appreciated scientists in the penicillin story. |
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"Alan Turing. His work during WW2 cracking the enigma code still underrated in my opinion. "
When studied Turing machine as part of my introduction to computer science I always had a great respect for this man. Its such a shame that the Enigma code breaker was prosecuted because he was a gay. |
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By *avie65Man
over a year ago
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"Alexander Fleming.
Louis Pasteur.
Edward Jenner.
Many, many others whose medical work saved millions of lives.
Fleming's contribution to penicillin as an actual useful drug is overstated. Yes, he observed it and named it, but he was not involved in purifying it and working out how to produce it in quantities useful for therapy. That honour goes to Howard Florey and Ernest Chain. Woefully under appreciated scientists in the penicillin story. "
Fleming lived very close to where I live and we went to the same school. Albeit a couple of years apart. |
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"Alan Turing. His work during WW2 cracking the enigma code still underrated in my opinion.
He was pretty great, but he was just another gear in the great war machine"
Mate Alan Turing was just not about his role in WW2, he was one of the pioneers of of
Computation and formalizing algorithm. |
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By *avie65Man
over a year ago
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I have read a bit about Admiral Lord Cochrane. He was in 4 different navys, a mercenary, politician, served some time in jail for a stock exchange fraud and he was the inspiration for CS Forrester's Horatio Hornblower. |
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"Alan Turing. His work during WW2 cracking the enigma code still underrated in my opinion.
He was pretty great, but he was just another gear in the great war machine
Mate Alan Turing was just not about his role in WW2, he was one of the pioneers of of
Computation and formalizing algorithm."
Thank you! |
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"Alan Turing. His work during WW2 cracking the enigma code still underrated in my opinion.
He was pretty great, but he was just another gear in the great war machine"
Another cog which made your existence possible! |
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By *rHotNottsMan
over a year ago
Dubai & Nottingham |
I love reading biographies of people I admire, it’s like free mentoring !
Some of my favourites ; Jonny cash, Nelson Mandella, Catherine Booth, John Major, Abdulla Occlan, generally people who dealt with pretty bad shit to achieve greatness. |
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By *ames-77Man
over a year ago
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"I love reading biographies of people I admire, it’s like free mentoring !
Some of my favourites ; Jonny cash, Nelson Mandella, Catherine Booth, John Major, Abdulla Occlan, generally people who dealt with pretty bad shit to achieve greatness. "
Anyone who tries to change the system and do good for the people get killed .. JFK tried to take the banks back from Rothchilds to belong to America got killed.. Abraham Lincoln same story.. Tesla said he can provide free electric for the whole of America found dead in his hotel .. anyone who challenges the Elite disappear |
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