Famous People in the 1871 Census - can you find them?.
Queen Victoria - Victoria was the daughter of Edward, the Duke of Kent and Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg.
She was born in Kensington Palace in London on May 24th, 1819. In 1837 Queen Victoria took the throne after the death of her uncle William IV. Due to her secluded childhood, she displayed a personality marked by strong prejudices and a willful stubbornness.
Victoria's long reign witnessed an evolution in English politics and the expansion of the British Empire, as well as political and social reforms on the continent. France had known two dynasties and embraced Republicanism, Spain had seen three monarchs and both Italy and Germany had united their separate principalities into national coalitions. Even in her dotage, she maintained a youthful energy and optimism that infected the English population as a whole.
Children of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert:
- Victoria, Princess Royal, married Frederick III of Germany and mother to Kaiser Wilhelm.
- Albert Edward -- later British King as Edward VII.
- Alice, married the Duke of Hesse
- Alfred: Duke of Edinburgh and of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
- Helena, married Prince Kristian of Schleswig-Holstein
- Louise, married the Marquis of Lorne
- Arthur, Duke of Connaught
- Leopold, Duke of Albany
- Beatrice, married Prince Henry of Battenberg
Charles Robert Darwin was born on February 12, 1809 in Shewsbury England. He is credited with developing the theory of evolution.
Beatrix Potter was born at No. 2 Bolton Gardens, South Kensington on 28 July 1866. Christened Helen Beatrix, her parents called her by her middle name to avoid confusion with her mother, also named Helen. She was the author and illustrator of The Tale of Peter Rabbit and a series of books with similar characters.
Alfred Tennyson was born August 6th, 1809, at Somersby, Lincolnshire, fourth of twelve children of George and Elizabeth (Fytche) Tennyson. This English poet often regarded as the chief representative of the Victorian age in poetry succeeded Wordsworth as Poet Laureate in 1850.
H.G. Wells, born in the London suburb of Bromley in 1866, began his literary career in 1895 with the publication of his first novel, "The Time Machine."
Following "The Time Machine" was "The Island of Dr. Moreau" (1896), "The Invisible Man" (1897), "The War of the Worlds" (1898), "When the Sleeper Wakes" (1899), and "The First Men in the Moon" (1901). He died in London in 1946
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