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Margit Uiboaid
Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill 1874-1965
He was...
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice
1940-1945 1951-1955 Statesman and orator Artist Writer British first lord of the
admiralty 1911-1915, 1939-1940
He got...
Nobel Prize in Literature 1953
Made honorary US citizen 1963
Early years
His father was a Tory politcian His mother a daughter of an American
millionaire Was born 2 months premature Had one brother Didn’t have close relationship with his
parents but became close to his nanny, called her Woomany
He said...
She shone for me like the Evening Star. I loved her dearly - but at a distance.
Churchill on his mother
I then had one of the three or four long intimate conversations with him which are all I can boast.
Churchill on his father
Problem
He had a speech impediment Worked hard to overcome it Finally stated that this is no hindrance It is said that he excelled because of, rather
than in spite of, his cluttering
He said...
Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.
Marriage
Got married to Clementine Hozier in 1908, he was 34 then
They had 5 children Their youngest
daughter Mary is still alive
It was a life-long romance
Career
Worked as a war journalist during Boer War, was captured and made a prisoner-of-war before escaping
Served both as a Conservative and a Liberal MP
In 1940 became a British Prime Minister who inspired people with his brilliant speeches through these difficult times
He said...
I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat.
We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our Island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches...
Holocaust
Churchill was the one who spoke against holocaust, called it the cruelest forms of persecution
To help refugees, in March 1944 Churchill by-passed the pre-war British government's restrictions on Jewish immigration to Palestine
Churchill as a writer
His topic was history As with all Churchill's works, they have
nothing to say about economic or social history
These are very personal writings about war and politics
Death
Churchill died on 24 January 1965 and was given a state funeral
He died at the age of 91
Materials used:
http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Sir_Winston_Churchill/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Churchill http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/
genocide