The “Greatest Britons” Poll Results: In the lesson, you saw this list of individuals who are considered the “Greatest Britons” from a poll taken by BBC News in 2002. Each is listed along with his or her rank of importance according to the poll.

Sir Winston Churchill, (1874–1965)

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, (1806–1859)

Diana, Princess of Wales (1961–1997)

Charles Darwin (1809–1882)

William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

Sir Isaac Newton (1643–1727)

Queen Elizabeth I of England (1533–1603)

John Lennon (1940–1980)

Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson (1758–1805)

Oliver Cromwell (1599–1658)

To what extent do you agree with this list?

in his book, the riddle of the rosetta stone, james giblin talks about how there was a young british polymath and physician named thomas young who made a lot of advances on the deciphering of the rosetta stone. he says that even though young made a lot of mistakes because he was working under false assumptions, he also made huge contributions like deciphering three out of the seven symbols (more than anyone else before him). young published his findings and continued his good work but he wasn't able to progress much further due to some unfavorable situations, he still laid the basis for many other scholars and of course for the man who has been generally known to have deciphered it, jean-françois champollion

the governor can not veto a referendum that the voters approve