100 Immigrants Who Made Britain Great: Inspiring Stories of Talented People

by Louis Stewart, Naomi Kenyon, Bonnie Greer (Foreword by)

Overview

Beautifully-illustrated and written, this lively, engaging book celebrates the lives of talented individuals who came to the UK and built a sparkling new life here.

From Hans Holbein to Marie Tussaud, Mary Seacole to Mo Farah, find out the real stories of people recognizable to children and adults alike, and other quieter individuals, who have shaped our lives from business to food to medicine.

Discover how:

- Refugee Michael Marks founded Marks & Spencer

- Banker Charles Yerkes built the London Underground

- Scientist Ernst Chain developed life-saving penicillin

- Activist Claudia Jones launched the Notting Hill Carnival

Each individual is celebrated with an original illustration and a short biography. Many showed grit to make their mark on Britain after fleeing persecution or war abroad. All achieved their success through talent and hard work.

100 Immigrants Who Made Britain Great is a stirring gift for any teenager curious about how modern Britain came into being.

This book is an ideal accompaniment to Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls, 100 Great Black Britons and Amazing Muslims Who Changed the World.

The introduction is by Bonnie Greer, the Chicago-born playwright and cultural commentator.

Buy the book to see what she says about the contribution of immigrants to the UK

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781914487507
Publisher:	Canbury Press
Publication date:	09/12/2024
Pages:	210
Product dimensions:	6.69(w) x 9.61(h) x 0.44(d)
Age Range:	13 - 18 Years

About the Author

Louis Stewart works for an educational company marketing books to schools. He started tweeting stories of inspirational immigrants after listening to a podcast about Brexit. He was taken aback by the warm response these brief biographies received; many people wanted to make them better known. He studied sociology at the University of Sussex. He lives in Brighton.

Naomi Kenyon studied Sociology at university and has since worked primarily within women's healthcare in the fields of obstetrics and gynaecology. She has worked both for the NHS and as a researcher for the University of Oxford. She co-wrote and illustrated the book.

Bonnie Greer is an American-British playwright, novelist, critic and broadcaster. Born in Chicago, she has lived in the UK since 1986. She is a columnist for the New European, a regular commentator on TV and radio, and Chancellor of the University of Kingston.