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Sir Winston Churchill

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, was a British politician who went on to become the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940-1945 and again from 1951-1955. Apart from politics, he was also a officer in the British Army, a historian, an artist and a writer. One of the greatest leaders of 20th century, Churchill, received the Nobel Prize for literature.

Born into the aristocratic family of the Dukes of Marlborough, Churchill was used to war and politics. His father was a politician who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer and his mother was a socialite. Churchill became a war correspondent and went on to experience British India, the Sudan and the second Boer war. He started writing books about his campaigns. He wrote military reports for The Pioneer and The Daily Telegraph. He also wrote two books on his experiences, The story of the Malakand Field Force (1898) and The River War (1899).

In 1899, Churchill left the army and worked as a war correspondent for the Morning Post, a daily newspaper. While reporting on the Boer war in South Africa, he was taken prisoner by the Boers. But he escaped, travelling almost 300 miles to Mozambique. After returning, he wrote about his experiences in the books London to Ladysmith (1900).

In 1900, Churchill became a Member of Parliament in the Conservative Party. Unconvinced that the Conservative Party was committed to social justice, Churchill switched to the Liberal Party in 1904. He was elected a Member of Parliament in 1908, and was appointed to the Prime Minister's Cabinet as President of the Board of Trade.

From 1919 to 1922, Churchill served as Minister of War and Air and Colonial Secretary under Prime Minister David Lloyd George. He spent the next few years concentrating on his writing and published A History of English Speaking Peoples.

Out of office from 1929 to 1939, Churchill wrote and remained in the public eye with his support for Edward VIII during the abdication crisis of...