Outstanding men and women in the history of East Anglia
In this section we commemorate some outstanding men and women from East Anglia whose lives have influenced history and the world.
This biographical collection of the good and the great includes scholars and thinkers, social reformers and people in history whose lives have transformed society. Their common bond is their link with East Anglia.
Contents
- John Berridge (1716 –1793)
- Botulph (died 680)
- Frederick William Faber (1814–1863)
- Hugh Latimer (c1491-1555)
- John Stevens Henslow (1796-1861)
- Brooke Foss Westcott (1825-1901)
- Thomas Clarkson (1760–1846)
- James Clerk Maxwell (1831–1879)
- Thomas Cranmer (1489 –1556)
- Nicholas Ferrar (1593-1637)
- John Fisher (1469-1534)
- George Herbert (1593-1633)
- Octavia Hill (1838-1912)
- Henry Martyn (1781-1812)
- Algy Robertson (1894-1955)
- Dorothy L Sayers (1893-1957)
- George Augustus Selwyn (1809-1878)
- Jeremy Taylor (1613-1667)
- John Ramsden Wollaston (1791-1856)
- William Wolsey of Upwell & Robert Pygot of Wisbech (martyred 1555)