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Wood engraving after painting by Delacroix of Hamlet and Horatio, December 1837

Le Diable a Paris... Paris et Les Parisiens, Vol. II, 1846. Creator: Andrew Best Leloir
Le Diable a Paris... Paris et Les Parisiens, Vol. II, 1846. [Sideshow]

Windsor Hotel, Montreal, Canada, c1900. Creator: Unknown
Windsor Hotel, Montreal, Canada, c1900. The hotel, which opened in 1878, is often considered to be the first grand hotel in Canada

The Kitchen at Langton Hall. Private Collection

And Every One Said, The New One is the Best, c1930. Artist: W Heath Robinson
And Every One Said, The New One is the Best, c1930. An illustration from The Ugly Duckling by Hans Christian Andersen. From Hans Andersens Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen

Edna Best (1900-1974), British stage and screen actress, 1935. She is best remembered for her role as the mother in the original 1934 film version of Alfred Hitchcocks The Man Who Knew Too Much

Charles Herbert Best, Canadian physiologist, 1960. Bell (1899-1978) with an assistant (left) in the laboratory. Bell assisted Frederick Banting to isolate insulin (1921)

Copper alloy figure of Mars with silver inlay, Roman Britain, 2nd century
Copper alloy figure of Mars with silver inlay, wearing the armour of a general, Roman Britain, 2nd century. From Earith, Cambridgeshire and the finest bronze figurine of Mars from Roman Britain

Frederick Grant Banting (1891-1941), Canadian physiologist, 1923. Banting and his assistant, CH Best, discovered insulin in 1921

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