1. The Venerable Bede and Alfred the Great

2. The Venerable Bede * Born in 673, at Tyne, in county Durham
* Was taken to the monastery of Wearmouth when
he was 7 years old

3. The Venerable Bede * He mastered Latin, Greek and Hebrew
* Bede's writings inlude natural history, poetry and Biblical translation
* He is mainly remembered for his "Ecclesiastical History of the English People".

4. The Venerable Bede
* He died in 735
and was buried in
Norman cathedral
of Durham

5. Alfred the Great * Born in 849 at Wantage
* Was king of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Wessex from 871 to 899
*The only English king to be called "The Great"

6. Alfred the Great
* He was the youngest son of King Æthelwulf of Wessex
* Had two elder brothers
* Became the king of Wessex in 871 after the death of his brother, king Æthelred

7. Alfred the Great * In 878 he defeated the Danes * Restored London and
made it habitable once
more
* The actual year and reason of death is not known
* He is now buried at New Minster