Edith Cavell
English
Nurse. An English nurse, she bravely continued to work in Belgium during the German occupation of World War I. Eventually the Germans accused her of aiding the enemy and executed her.
Individuals who have had a major impact on the History of Values including our picks for the Top 100
Contemporaries
| 1914–1981 | Dame Barbara Ward |
| 1880–1958 | Marie Stopes |
| 1879–1976 | Ernest Shepard |
| 1893–1957 | Dorothy Sayers |
| 1866–1943 | Beatrix Potter |
| 1900–1969 | Stephen Potter |
| 1839–1894 | Walter Pater |
| 1903–1950 | George Orwell |
| 1880–1912 | Lawrence Oates |
| 1834–1896 | William Morris |
| 1873–1958 | G. E. Moore |
| 1882–1956 | A. A. Milne |
| 1802–1876 | Harriet Martineau |
| 1865–1936 | Rudyard Kipling |
| 1792–1866 | John Keble |
| 1894–1963 | Aldous Huxley |
| 1820–1903 | Herbert Spencer |
| 1832–1902 | G. A. Henty |
| 1912–1990 | Lawrence Durrell |
| 1804–1881 | Benjamin Disraeli |
| 1888–1988 | Archibald Brockway |
| 1910–1989 | Sir A. J. Ayer |
| 1822–1888 | Matthew Arnold |
