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Etymology and usage[edit]
History[edit]
Medieval England[edit]
Early Modern period[edit]
Within the Union[edit]
Government and politics[edit]
Politics of England[edit]
Respect and a Kidderminster Hospital campaigner.[1]
Subdivisions and local government[edit]
powers of the Scottish Parliament.
Law and criminal justice[edit]
Geography[edit]
Climate[edit]
Major rivers[edit]
England has a number of important rivers including the Severn (the longest river and largest river basin in Great Britain), Tees, Thames, Trent, Humber, Tyne, Wear, Ribble, Ouse, Mersey, Dee, Aire, Avon and Medway.
Major conurbations[edit]
Economics[edit]
Demography[edit]
Culture[edit]
Architecture[edit]
Cuisine[edit]
Engineering and innovation[edit]
Folklore[edit]
Literature[edit]
[[Image:Shakespeare.jpg|thumb|upright|right|William Shakespeare,
Music[edit]
Science and philosophy[edit]
[[Image:Charles Darwin aged 51.jpg|thumb|right|Charles Darwin.]] Prominent English figures from the field of science and mathematics include Sir Isaac Newton, Michael Faraday, Robert Hooke, Robert Boyle, Joseph Priestley, J. J. Thomson, Charles Babbage, Charles Darwin, Stephen Hawking, Christopher Wren, Alan Turing, Francis Crick, Joseph Lister, Tim Berners-Lee, Andrew Wiles and Richard Dawkins. Some experts claim that the earliest concept of a Metric system was invented by John Wilkins, first secretary of the Royal Society in 1668.
England played a major role in the development of Western philosophy, particularly during the Enlightenment. Jeremy Bentham, leader of the Philosophical Radicals influenced the development of English Law and of socialism.[2]
Sport[edit]
Language[edit]
English[edit]
Other languages[edit]
Religion[edit]
Christianity[edit]
Other religions[edit]
Education[edit]
Healthcare[edit]
Tran[edit]
The government department overseeing transport is the Department for Transport.
People[edit]
Nomenclature[edit]
The country is named after the Angles, one of several
National symbols, insignia and anthems[edit]
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St. George's Cross[edit]
Three Lions[edit]
Rose[edit]
The Tudor rose is the national floral emblem of England, and was adopted as a national emblem of England around the time of the Wars of the Roses.[3]
Anthem[edit]
England does not have an official designated national anthem, as the United Kingdom as a whole has "God Save the Queen"
- ^ Results: England bbc.co.uk, accessed 21 August 2008
- ^ Bertrand Russell (1946). History of Western Philosophy.
- ^ National Flowers of the UK, 10 Downing Street. URL accessed 14 September 2006.