Who should be on the new £50?

[brizzledrizzle]

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.

[MorningsEleven]

Me!

[Cherries101]

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]

No idea but watching with interest.

[Dontfeellikeaskeleton]

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

[Fishywishyhead]

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

[MadisonAvenue]

I’d like it to be Alan Turing.

[Tartyflette]

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]

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]

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

[PinkSparklyPussyCat]

Alan Turing or Stephen Hawking

[TheNumberfaker]

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]

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

[SaucyJack]

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]

Dale Winton

[candlefloozy]

Stephen hawking

[Dotty1970]

Spider man

[BonnieF]

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]

Ada Lovelace.

[teaandtoast]

Mary Somerville.

[BlueBug45]

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

[susurration]

I'd like Rosalind Franklin or Alan Turing.

[Satsumaeater]

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]

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

[FishesaPlenty]

Eric Morecambe or Stan Laurel.

[agedknees]

Stephen Hawking or Alan Turing.