Who was Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill?
Q: Who was Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill?
A: Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill was an English politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice, once during World War II and again in the early 1950s. He was also a soldier, journalist, and author.
Q: What did Churchill win in 1953?
A: Churchill won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1953.
Q: How did Churchill rank among other British prime ministers?
A: In a BBC Radio 4 poll, 20 prominent historians, politicians and commentators ranked Churchill as the greatest British prime minister of the twentieth century out of 19 other prime ministers from Lord Salisbury to John Major.
Q: Was there any public influence on how he was ranked?
A: Yes, there was public influence on how he was ranked; a million votes were cast for him in a 2002 BBC 2 television poll where he was voted as the greatest Briton in history.
Q: Is Churchill the only British Prime Minister to have received a Nobel Prize?
A: Yes, Churchill is the only British Prime Minister to have received a Nobel Prize.