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Home / Secondary / Competitions / The Great Debate / Previous Great Debates / The Great Debate 2010 Final / The ODNB Great Debate Page

The ODNB Great Debate Page

The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography in conjunction with the Historical Association's Great Debate Competition has put together a page that will allow you to delve deeper into our finalists chosen heroes.

Click here for further details...



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  • Great Debate Final 

    Introduction

    The Winner: Reuben Vandercruyssen on Dr Frank Pantridge

    Runner Up: Anna McCrory on Lord Leverhulme

    Alexandra Rutterford on Boudicca

    Bryony Milliken on Wilfred Owen

    Chris Wood on Walter Tull

    Claire Hudson on Alan Turing

    Eoghan Sheehan on Tom Johnson

    Jacob Bryning on Aneurin Bevan

    James Clements on Jane Haining

    Madeleine Avery on Anita Roddick

    Matthew Cowan on John Fancy

    Robert Smith on George Cadbury

    Rosie Russell on Marie Stopes

    Sarah Wallace on John Hume

    Sarah Woon on Lady Elizabeth Hastings

    Seren Sandham Davies on Betsi Cadwalader

    Shreya Das on Edward Jenner

    Tegan Moran on Robert Hooke

    William Brown on Mark Firth

    Judges' Conclusion

    Quotes from the day...

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    The ODNB Great Debate Page


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