Winston Churchill
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Spencer-Churchill family
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St. Margaret's, Westminster
(1965-01-24, 1908-09-12, Clementine Churchill, Marriage)
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1.73 m (1.89 yd)
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Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
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A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.
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1874-11-30
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Blood, toil, tears, and sweat
(World War II, Address to parliament)
We shall fight on the beaches
(World War II, Address to parliament)
This was their finest hour
(World War II, Address to parliament)
Never was so much owed by so many to so few
(World War II, Address to parliament)
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"for his mastery of historical and biographical description as well as for brilliant oratory in defending exalted human values"
(1953, Nobel Prize in Literature, History)
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The British Bulldog
Winnie
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Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill
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Leader of Britain and the Allies during the Second World War, he stood as a symbol of the free world. He was also an acclaimed writer, soldier, and painter
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politics and government
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author
statesman
war leader
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winston churchill rejected advice of john maynard keynes
(John Maynard Keynes)
winston churchill disliked charles andre joseph marie de gaulle
(Charles de Gaulle)
winston churchill mistrusted stalin
(Joseph Stalin)
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john maynard keynes opposed economics of winston churchill
(John Maynard Keynes)
alcock and brown received prize from winston churchill
(Alcock and Brown)
thomas edward lawrence adviser to winston churchill
(T. E. Lawrence)
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Born into an aristocratic family, Churchill graduated from the Royal Military College at 21, spent two months as a war correspondent in Cuba, then went with his regiment to India, where he served as soldier and journalist on the North-West Frontier.
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In 1899, he joined Lord Kitchener's expedition to the Nile, also as soldier and correspondent.
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He then went to South Africa, to take part in and provide on-the-spot coverage of the Boer War.
(Details)
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1965-01-24
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A Room at Breccles, Norfolk
A Storm over Cannes
A Study of Boats
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Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
(George VI of the United Kingdom, 1951-10-26, 1955-04-07, United Kingdom, Prime minister)
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
(George VI of the United Kingdom, 1940-05-10, 1945-07-26, United Kingdom, Prime minister)
First Lord of the Admiralty
(H. H. Asquith, 1911-10, 1915)
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(Oldham, 1900, 1906, Member of Parliament)
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Nobel Prize in Literature
(1953)
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Nobel Prize in Literature
(1950)
Nobel Prize in Literature
(1949)
Nobel Prize in Literature
(1948)
Nobel Prize in Literature
(1946)
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