English historian · 1889-1975
Arnold J. Toynbee
Historian and public intellectual whose work ranged across world history, international affairs, religion and contemporary politics.
Athenian historian and general · c. 460 BC-c. 400 BC
Thucydides
Athenian historian whose account of the Peloponnesian War shaped later approaches to political history.
British prime minister · 1874-1965
Winston Churchill
British statesman who led the United Kingdom through much of the Second World War.
President of the United States · 1858-1919
Theodore Roosevelt
US president who advanced Progressive reforms, conservation, federal regulation and a more assertive foreign policy.
Historian and science writer · 1889-1971
Gerald Heard
Writer and philosopher who linked science, history and spirituality while influencing modern consciousness movements.