The Victorian Era 1837-1901

Research Topics

Arthur Conan Doyle	(author) Creator of Sherlock Holmes, famous detective.
Charles Darwin		(English naturalist) Originator of the theory of evolution by natural selection.
Charles Dickens		(author)
Charlotte Bronte 	(author) Author of "Jane Eyre."
Child labor
Christmas Carol		(story by Charles Dickens)

Edward Lear		(artist and poet)

George Bernard Shaw	(dramatist)
Great Exhibition of 1851

H. G. Wells 		(author) Author of "The Time Machine" and "War of the Worlds."

Henry Bessemer 		(British engineer, inventor) Came up with a quicker, more efficient way to make steel.

Joseph Bazalgette	(British engineer) Built tunnels and pipes to divert sewage outside the city.
Jules Verne		(author) Author of "Journey to the Center of the Earth."
Lewis Carroll 		(author) Author of "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland."

Lord Ashley		(factory reformer) Fought for protections for children in the workforce.
Oscar Wilde 		(poet, author)

Pre-Raphaelites		(a brotherhood of painters)
Queen Victoria		(queen of England, 1837-1901)
Robert Browning 	(poet)
Robert Louis Stevenson 	(author) Author of "Treasure Island" and "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde."

Robert Owen 		(British industrialist) Believed in organizing factories as "cooperatives"
Rudyard Kipling 		(author) Author of "The Jungle Books."
George Stephenson 	(British engineer, inventor) Invented the steam blast locomotive, manufactured railroads.
Alfred Tennyson 		(poet)

T. H. Huxley		(English biologist)
Victorian architecture
Victorian Christmas (celebrations, cards, decorations, etc.)

Victorian etiquette

Victorian fashion

Victorian toys
Victorian Valentine’s Day

James Watt 		(Scottish-born engineer, inventor) Adapted to steam engine to power many types of machines.

William Morris		(British architect)

Womens' roles in Victorian England
Workhouses