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King William II was the second surviving son of William the Conqueror and during his time as king of England had powers over Normandy and influence in Scotland.  He made unsuccessful attempts to gain power in Wales in 1096 and 1097.]]></description>
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           <description><![CDATA[Born in 1901, Horace King was later educated in Stockton and Kings College London where he obtained a first class Honours Degree and a PhD.]]></description>
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           <description><![CDATA[These days perhaps the name Sir Sidney Guy Kimber has slipped from the minds of many local Southampton people but the way much of the city looks today is the result of his foresight.]]></description>
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           <description><![CDATA[For more than 100 years the names Tyrell and Green and Southampton went through much together, sharing in adversity and prosperity.]]></description>
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           <description><![CDATA[Southampton's Swaythling Housing Society was founded on November 26, 1925 by Herbert Collins, an architect who had been designing local homes since 1922.]]></description>
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           <description><![CDATA[Jack Mantle, whose home was in Southampton, received the only Victoria Cross awarded to the Navy for an act of valour on mainland Britain during the Second World War.]]></description>
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           <description><![CDATA[Edward Turner Sims is best known today for his association with the university of Southampton's concert hall through a legacy that launched a fundraising appeal for the £216,000 building costs.]]></description>
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           <description><![CDATA[AN ARTISTIC prodigy, Millais was the youngest ever student to enter the prestigious Royal Academy Schools and completed his first major oil painting aged just 16.]]></description>
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           <description><![CDATA[FAMOUS for his victory at the Battle of El Alamein in November 1943, Montgomery - or Monty - was the most well-known British general of the Second World War.]]></description>
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           <description><![CDATA[He is remembered as Gordon of Khartoum', the city in the Sudan where he was killed by forces loyal to the Mahdi in 1885.]]></description>
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           <title>Jane Austen</title>
           
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           <description><![CDATA[HE belonged to a breed of scientists typical of post-war Britain, with a restless mind prolific with ideas.]]></description>
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           <description><![CDATA[Lord Denning is widely regarded as one of the greatest law-making judges and also the most controversial.]]></description>
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           <description><![CDATA[LORD Montagu inherited his peerage aged two when his father was killed in an accident. He took his seat in the House of Lords as soon as he came of age.]]></description>
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           <title>Florence Nightingale</title>
           
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           <description><![CDATA[THE Lady with the Lamp' is known for nursing sick and wounded soldiers during the Crimean War.]]></description>
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           <description><![CDATA[Despite his life being tragically cut short, the name of Reginald Joseph Mitchell and his association with Southampton will live on as long as a Spitfire is able to take to the skies.]]></description>
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           <description><![CDATA[FORGET modern day celebrities, Nelson was an idol of his day.]]></description>
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