Krebs, Hans. 1900-81. German/English biochemist. Citric acid cycle of human energy, 1937.

Kyd, Thomas. 1558-94. English playwright. First ‘revenge’ play: The Spanish Tragedy 1592.

Lake Poets. 19C. Wordsworth, Coleridge, Southey of English Lake District.

Lamb, Charles. 1775-1834. English poet and essayist. Essays of Elia 1820-33.

Lancaster, Thomas, Earl of. c1277-1322. English. Led barons vs Edward II. Beheaded.

Langland, William. 1330-1400. English Christian allegorical poet. Piers Ploughman 1362.

Langtry, Lily. 1853-1929. English beauty/actress. Favourite of Edward VII as Prince of Wales.

Latimer, Hugh. 1485-1555. English Protestant Reformation churchman. Executed by Mary I.

Law Commission Act. 1965. First codification of English common law.

Lawrence, D.H. 1885-1930. Censored English psychological novelist exploring consciousness and morality. Sons and Lovers 1913. Women in Love 1926. Lady Chatterly’s Lover 1928. Modernism.

Lawrence, Thomas. 1769-1830. English portrait artist.

Lawrence, Thomas (of Arabia). 1888-1935. English writer, officer. Led Arabs against Turks, 1914-18: Seven Pillars of Wisdom 1926.

Layamon. c1200. English poet. First mention of King Arthur, Lear, Merlin.

Lee, Anne. 1736-84. English/US mystic Shaker leader.

Levellers. 1645-50. English Civil War republican democratic party. Sought religious, political equality and end to monarchy.

Lewes, Battle. 1264. English barons capture Henry III and Prince Edward, force concessions.

Lewis, C.S. 1898-1963. English fantasy writer, Christian apologist. Chronicles of Narnia 1950-6.

Lewis, Wyndham. 1882-1957. English satirical writer, artist. Founded Vorticism. Apes of God 1930.

Lilburne, John. 1614-57. English leader of Levellers during Civil War.

Limerick Capitulation. 1691. Confirmed English rule and Protestant land ownership in Ireland.

Linacre, Thomas. 1460-1524. English physician, translator of Galen.

Lister, Joseph. 1827-1912. English surgeon. Introduced carbolic acid for antiseptic surgery, 1865.

Lloyd’s. English insurance society created in Edward Lloyd’s Coffee House 1688.

Locke, John. 1632-1704. English philosopher. Empiricism-all knowledge is derived from experience: On Civil Government 1689. Essay Concerning Human Understanding 1690. ‘Sound mind in a sound body’. Evil brings pain, Good brings pleasure. Advocated separation of legislature from executive, as applied in Britain and US. Natural rights (property, pursuit of happiness, religion) influenced US Constitution, led to Enlightenment. Philosophical basis of French and American Revolutions. Epistemological foundations of modern Science.

Lockyer, Joseph. 1836-1920. English. Discovered helium in sun 1868.

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