Who Is Your Pick For The New £50 Note?

[jolldan]

The Bank of England has released the names of more than 800 people nominated as part of the public process to choose a scientist to appear on the next £50 note.

Those on the list range from early favourites such as Stephen Hawking and computing pioneer Ada Lovelace to the lesser known likes of John (Iron Mad) Wilkinson - an eighteenth century industrialist - and Victoria Drummond, a pioneering marine engineer.

They also include Margaret Thatcher, who studied chemistry at Oxford and worked as a scientist for food company J Lyons, later becoming a fellow of the Royal Society.

The bank said it had received 174,112 nominations since the process was launched less than four weeks ago by governor Mark Carney at London's Science Museum.

Here are a few of the top contenders:

Magaret Thatcher

Stephen Hawking

Dorothy Hodgkin

Alan Turing

Ada Lovelace

Frederick Sanger

Alexander Fleming

Rosalind Franklin

Alexander Graham Bell

Gerald Durrell

Patrick Moore


Who would get your vote?

 

[THORin]

Ada Lovelace - I've always loved the story of her life.

 

[Mandon Knight]

Hawking or Turing and DEFINATELY NOT Thatcher.

 

[Silvermoth]

Turing would be cool. If it was thatcher no one would see them because they would all be burned haha

 

[Aximili86]

Churchill on the 50, too. Doo eeet.

 

[Mandon Knight]

New £50 'must recognise ethnic minorities'

 

[Iceman]

New £50 'must recognise ethnic minorities'

In that case (and topical right now), Raheem STERLING!

 

[Marvolo]

Cant believe Thatcher is even a contender.

Alan Turing should get the honor. Not only for his work during WW2 and him creating one of the first computer systems. But also because the UK OWES him as much recognition and respect as they can possibly give him. The UK committed a heinous crime against him (chemical castration), convicted him of "gross indecent" actions, which barred him from entering the US, and ultimately the UK government and despicable laws drove him to suicide.

 

[jolldan]

Cant believe Thatcher is even a contender.

Alan Turing should get the honor. Not only for his work during WW2 and him creating one of the first computer systems. But also because the UK OWES him as much recognition and respect as they can possibly give him. The UK committed a heinous crime against him (chemical castration), convicted him of "gross indecent" actions, which barred him from entering the US, and ultimately the UK government and despicable laws drove him to suicide.

Oh c'mon now her services towards soft serve can't be ignored lol.

You will be happy to hear that Turing has been chosen as the new face of the £50

Alan Turing: WWII codebreaker revealed as new face of £50 note

 

[Dark Raven]

What if he turns out to look like Benedict Cumberbatch on the £50 note?

 

[Teelie]

Apparently there is now complaints that they chose a gay man who helped defeat the Nazi's only to later be criminally convicted and chemically castrated as not good enough and there should be a woman.

I get they want representation but perhaps maybe Turing isn't the one to be complaining over.

 

[Marvolo]

Oh c'mon now her services towards soft serve can't be ignored lol.

You will be happy to hear that Turing has been chosen as the new face of the £50

Alan Turing: WWII codebreaker revealed as new face of £50 note

Apparently there is now complaints that they chose a gay man who helped defeat the Nazi's only to later be criminally convicted and chemically castrated as not good enough and there should be a woman.

I get they want representation but perhaps maybe Turing isn't the one to be complaining over.

 

[chamber-music]

Turing is a good choice.

Mostly I'm just glad it isn't Thatcher.

 

[Kevin McCabe]

New £50 'must recognise ethnic minorities'

Why?

 

[C. Lee]

Why?

The quoted post you are questioning.....is a link to a news article with that title. If you click on the link and read the article you might get your answer.