Key Figures

Sir Harry Donald Secombe, CBE 8 September 1921 – 11 April 2001 was a Welsh comedian and singer. He played Neddie Seagoon, a central character in the BBC radio comedy series The Goon Show 1951–60. He also appeared in musicals [...]

Leonard Thompson 1908–1935 is the first person to have received injection of insulin as a treatment for Type 1 diabetes. Thompson received his first injection in Toronto, Ontario, on January 11, 1922, at 14 years of age. The first injection [...]

Herbert George "H. G." Wells 21 September 1866 – 13 August 1946 was an English writer, now best known for his work in the science fiction genre. He was also a prolific writer in many other genres, including contemporary novels, [...]

George Richards Minot December 2, 1885 – February 25, 1950 was an American medical researcher who shared the 1934 Nobel Prize with George Hoyt Whipple and William P. Murphy for their pioneering work on pernicious anemia. George Richards Minot was [...]

Albert Ellis was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1913. He had a very distant emotional relationship with his parents, and described his mother as a self-centered woman who struggled with bipolar. After raising his younger brother and sister and dealing [...]