Story #1: Byrhtnoth

Died 991 A.D., England

Story #2: Roger Bacon

About 1214-1294 A.D., England

Story #3: Sir William Wallace

About 1272-1305 A.D., Scotland

Story #4: John Stow

1525-1604 A.D., England

Story #5: William Harvey

1578-1657 A.D., England

Story #6: Sir Christopher Wren

1632-1723 A.D., England

Story #7: William Mompesson

1639-1709 A.D., England

Story #8: Sir Isaac Newton

1642-1727 A.D., England

Story #9: Henry Cavendish

1731-1810 A.D., England

Story #10: Sir Charles Bell

1774-1842 A.D., England

Story #11: John Hodgson

1779-1845 A.D., England

Story #12: Elizabeth Fry

1780-1845 A.D., England

Story #13: Mary Jones

1784-1866 A.D., England

Story #14: Eliphalet Remington

1793-1861 A.D., England*

*After completing the book and sending it off for printing, we discovered that Remington is actually from New York. Not sure how that happened, BUT we also discovered his parents are from Yorkshire, England. So...we're still counting it as British!

Story #15: Cornelius Whitehouse

Born in 1795 A.D., England

Story #16: James Bowman Lindsay

1799-1862 A.D., Scotland

Story #17: Lord Shaftesbury

1801-1885 A.D., England

Story #18: Charles Dickens

1812-1870 A.D., England

Story #19: The Bronte Sisters

1816, 1818, 1820 A.D., England

Story #20: Frances Browne

1816-1887 A.D., Ireland

Story #21: Florence Nightingale

1820-1910 A.D., England

Story #22: Lord Lister

1827-1912 A.D., England

Story #23: Cecil James Sharp

1859-1924 A.D., England

Story #24: Arthur Hopkins

1891-1924 A.D., England