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Who should be on the new £50?
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.
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 11:35
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.
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.
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.
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.
BlueBug45 · 02/11/2018 12:44
Rosalind Franklin - because the men tried to write her out of history.
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?
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