He was a Professor of Astronomy at Oxford University, a notable mathematician and co-wrote the book on Anatomy that introduced the word "neurology" into the English Language but is best known for a different profession he took up in his mid-30s after a national disaster. He lived to the age of 90 and has an epitaph that reads `Lector, si monumentum requires, circumspice’. Who is he?
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He has appeared on an English banknote...
Isaac Newton?
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Not Sir Isaac but an almost exact contemprary...
Christopher Wren?
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By what name is Mount McKinley now known?
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Yes.
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Who was the only Wimbledon champion to appear in a film with John Wayne?
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I'll try an unlikely shot at Bill Tilden as I know he did films in the 40s...
I did read the other day that Althea Gibson appeared in a few films, so will punt at her?
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