Emmet was the quintessential Irish republican hero. His Dublin insurrection on 23 July 1803 ended in failure but his fame rests on his defence in court rather than his actions.

Political leader, activist and religious and social reformer. Born in Porbandar, India, Gandhi left for London in 1888 to study law at University College. His first major job was as a legal advisor in ...

As a young man, Prout tried to earn a living as an illustrator and accompanied the historical painter B. R. Haydon on a tour of Devon. He produced some good work but his drawings were not of a ...

Of Jewish Italian ancestry, Baron Sterling Henry Nahum was born in Manchester. He took up documentary film-making in 1933, before establishing a photographic studio three years later in London. He was ...

Baron Studios (active 1954-1974), Photographers. Artist or producer associated with 1302 portraits. Count Zichy (Count Theodor Zichy) (1908-1987), Actor, photographer, film director and film producer.

Painter and horticulturalist. After extensive studies abroad, Morris developed a distinctive, often rather primitive post-Impressionist style for portraits, landscapes and highly decorative still-life ...

Hannah Humphrey was the sister of engraver William Humphrey. She began to publish prints in the 1770s and she established a print shop in London in around 1779, from where she initially sold history ...

Born in Kingston, Jamaica, to a pharmacist, Moody came to England in 1904 to study medicine at Kings College, London. Moody faced harsh racial discrimination in the first decades of the 20th century, ...

Noted civil engineer, particularly famed for his work on canals, harbours and early railways. He was taken on in 1759 by the leading civil engineer, John Smeaton, as his pupil in residence. Jessop ...

Born of German descent near Natal (now in South Africa), Botha grew up in the Orange Free State and was educated at a German missionary school. In 1884 he served in the army, helping to found the New ...

Ponsonby was a cavalry officer serving on Wellington's staff. It was he who brought to Wellington the news of Napoleon's abdication in 1814. 'You don't say so, upon my honour! Hurrah!' exclaimed the ...

Adams was a photographer who worked in Southampton and Reading. He was the co-inventor of the dry-plate process, the father of photographer Marcus Adams and the grandfather of Gilbert Adams.