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Who should be on the new £50?

43 replies

brizzledrizzle · 02/11/2018 11:18

I expect it will be Stephen Hawking but who do you think it should be?

A female scientist (plenty to chose from, they have to be deceased though) would be good for a change.

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MorningsEleven · 02/11/2018 11:28

Me!

Cherries101 · 02/11/2018 11:34

As a non-white Brit whose British credentials are longer than a lot of ‘White Brits’, I would like to see someone like me. E.g. Marie Seacole or Noor Inayat Khan or Malala Yousefzai (who represents the best things about British immigration) or another non-white British female.

Dontfeellikeaskeleton · 02/11/2018 11:34

No idea but watching with interest.

Dontfeellikeaskeleton · 02/11/2018 11:35

Maybe that 'spreadsheet' Phil or whatever he's called?

Fishywishyhead · 02/11/2018 11:35

Since it has to be a dead scientist I’d like to see Alan Turing or Rosalind Franklin.

MadisonAvenue · 02/11/2018 11:39

I’d like it to be Alan Turing.

Tartyflette · 02/11/2018 11:40

Gotta be a scientist, though.
Rosalind Franklin? Known for her role in siacovering the structure of DNA and work in X-ray diffraction. Died tragically young.

Tartyflette · 02/11/2018 11:42

I think it will probably be Stephen Hawking too and I have no problem with that, he was severely disabled as well as being a brilliant, world famous scientist.
But Turing would also be good.

DawgLover · 02/11/2018 11:43

I'm also for either Alan Turing or Rosalind Franklin, or John Edmonstone.

PinkSparklyPussyCat · 02/11/2018 11:44

Alan Turing or Stephen Hawking

TheNumberfaker · 02/11/2018 11:45

They need to be deceased and a scientist
I think Ada Lovelace, Mary Anning, Rosalind Franklin or Mary Seacole - I think perhaps though that Mary Seacole would overlap too much with Florence Nightingale.
I have suggested Ada.

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DawgLover · 02/11/2018 11:46

It would be nice to see this used as an opportunity to bring lesser known scientists to the forefront.

SaucyJack · 02/11/2018 11:49

Stephen Hawking. He was a decent chap, and a great scientist who made it accessible and understandable to the everyperson on the street.

Also, I know many people would like to see a change from the usual white straight male faces, but I think his own significant disabilities make him a good representative for the less privileged and abled.

McT123 · 02/11/2018 11:52

Dale Winton

candlefloozy · 02/11/2018 11:55

Stephen hawking

Dotty1970 · 02/11/2018 12:02

Spider man

BonnieF · 02/11/2018 12:04

Alan Turing would get my vote. Firstly, and most importantly, because he deserves it and secondly as a symbolic gesture to show how far we have moved on in tackling prejudice and discrimination.

DGRossetti · 02/11/2018 12:26

Ada Lovelace.

teaandtoast · 02/11/2018 12:39

Mary Somerville.

BlueBug45 · 02/11/2018 12:44

Rosalind Franklin - because the men tried to write her out of history.

susurration · 02/11/2018 12:58

I'd like Rosalind Franklin or Alan Turing.

Satsumaeater · 02/11/2018 14:05

Nobody. Other countries get around all this angst by having well known landmarks instead. For example Danish kroner have bridges on.

But Mary Anning would be a good person. Or Grace Darling.

Satsumaeater · 02/11/2018 14:05

I know Grace Darling wasn't a scientist. Why does it have to be a scientist?

FishesaPlenty · 02/11/2018 14:09

Eric Morecambe or Stan Laurel.

agedknees · 02/11/2018 14:13

Stephen Hawking or Alan Turing.

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