Nicholas Ridley

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What’s the Difference Between Great Britain and the United Kingdom?

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Queen Elizabeth II on her Coronation Day (June 2, 1953) holding the Sovereign's Sceptre with Cross in her right hand the Orb in her left, in an embroidered and beaded dress by Norman Hartnell, a crimson velvet mantle edged with ermine fur, with the Coronation ring, the Coronation necklace, and the Imperial State Crown. The backdrop depicts the interior of Westminster Abbey; photograph by Cecil Beaton. (British royals)

5 Fascinating British Coronation Objects

King Charles III and Queen Camilla (Camilla, Queen Consort) wave from the balcony of Buckingham Palace during the Coronation of King Charles in London, England on May 6, 2023

British Royal Line of Succession

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Groups of depositors in front of the closed American Union Bank, New York City. April 26, 1932. Great Depression run on bank crowd

Causes of the Great Depression

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Close up of periodic table, focus on nickel, copper, zinc, palladium, silver, cadmium

When Was the Periodic Table Invented?

Aphrodite. Greek mythology. Sculpture. Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of love and beauty.

12 Greek Gods and Goddesses

A Factory Interior, watercolor, pen and gray ink, graphite, and white goache on wove paper by unknown artist, c. 1871-91; in the Yale Center for British Art. Industrial Revolution England

Inventors and Inventions of the Industrial Revolution

After a perfect launch, spectators try to catch a last glimpse of Space Shuttle Columbia, barely visible at the top end of the twisted column of smoke.

7 Accidents and Disasters in Spaceflight History

Hindu Holi Festival celebrations with colored water, powder and colorful flower petals thrown over celebrants at a Hindu temple in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, India on March 24, 2021.

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Born	c.1500 or c.1503 • England
Died	October 16, 1555 • Oxford • England
Role In	Reformation

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Henry VIII

king of England

John Foxe

English Puritan preacher and author

Latimer, detail of a panel painting by an unknown artist, 1555; in the National Portrait Gallery, London

Hugh Latimer

English Protestant

John Rogers

English religious reformer

John Jewel

English bishop

Bernard Gilpin

British clergyman

Richard Cox

English clergyman

Miles Coverdale

bishop of Exeter

Matthew Parker

archbishop of Canterbury

Francis Godwin

English bishop and historian

Thomas Cranmer

archbishop of Canterbury

Thomas Cromwell

English statesman

Nicholas Sanders

English scholar

Elizabeth I

queen of England

Thomas More

English humanist and statesman

William Laud

archbishop of Canterbury

Saint John Fisher

English priest

Edmund Grindal

archbishop of Canterbury

Jeremy Collier

English bishop

William Juxon

archbishop of Canterbury

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Holy week. Easter. Valladolid. Procession of Nazarenos carry a cross during the Semana Santa (Holy week before Easter) in Valladolid, Spain. Good Friday

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