Famous French artists – France is the great center of art in the world and is home to a whole host of famous painters and sculptors over the years including Edgar Degas, Claude Monet who founded French impressionist painting, Henri Marie de Toulouse-Lautrec, Paul Gauguin and hundreds of others. read more
The traverse east to west across the island is a pilgrimage that many famous geologists have made. Richard Fortey THE EARTH: An Intimate History (2004) In the same year a number of highly famous and rich young men formed a trade union. read more