Across
- 7. Best known for developing the theory of relativity
- 10. U.S.A. president 1861 until his assassination in 1865
- 12. was a pioneering modernist painter and one of Brazil’s most celebrated artists
- 13. naturalist biologist known for his contributions to evolutionary biology
- 14. One of the most influential writers, Sense and Sensibility
- 15. Challenged segregation, refused to give up her seat for a white person
- 17. The first woman to win a Nobel Prize
- 18. Married to a royal man, became well known internationally for her charity work
- 19. first female UK Prime Minister
- 20. The most influential writer in the English language
Down
- 1. Known for his novels set in the northeastern state of Bahia
- 2. constituted the Victorian era
- 3. Considered one of the greatest soccer players of all time
- 4. an iconic actress, nominated for an Oscar for the film “Central Station”
- 5. Most commonly known as The Great
- 6. American Baptist minister, activist in the civil rights fight in the U.S.A.
- 8. Italian polymath of the High Renaissance
- 9. the founder of Islam
- 11. Final ruler of Egypt’s Ptolemaic dynasty
- 16. 1932 she became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic