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Etymology and usage

History

Medieval England

Early Modern period

Within the Union

Government and politics

Politics of England

Respect and a Kidderminster Hospital campaigner.^[1]

Subdivisions and local government

powers of the Scottish Parliament.

Law and criminal justice

Geography

Climate

Major rivers

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

Economics

Demography

Culture

Architecture

Cuisine

Engineering and innovation

Folklore

The Robin Hood Memorial, by Nottingham Castle.

Literature

[[Image:Shakespeare.jpg|thumb|upright|right|William Shakespeare,

Music

Science and philosophy

[[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

Language

English

Other languages

Religion

Christianity

Other religions

Education

Healthcare

Tran

The government department overseeing transport is the Department for Transport.

People

Nomenclature

The country is named after the Angles, one of several

National symbols, insignia and anthems

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St. George's Cross

Three Lions

Rose

Tudor rose

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

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.

[1] Results: England bbc.co.uk, accessed 21 August 2008

[2] Bertrand Russell (1946). History of Western Philosophy.

[3] National Flowers of the UK, 10 Downing Street. URL accessed 14 September 2006.

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