Stroustrup has a master's degree in mathematics and computer science ( 1975 ) from the University of Aarhus, Denmark, and a Ph. D. in computer science ( 1979 ) from the University of Cambridge, England, where he was a student at Churchill College.

" A modest man, but then he has so much to be modest about ", is a quote about Attlee that is very commonly ascribed to Churchill ( although Churchill in fact denied saying it, and respected Attlee's service in the War Cabinet ).

This double-barrelled surname has remained in the family to this day, though some of the most famous members have preferred to style themselves as merely " Churchill ".

However, MIT has twice awarded honorary professorships: to Winston Churchill in 1949 and Salman Rushdie in 1993.

Commenting upon the effect of a number of Allied victories against Axis forces, and moreover the United States ’ decision to enter the war, Churchill opined that ; “ Hope has returned to the hearts of scores of millions of men and women, and with that hope there burns the flame of anger against the brutal, corrupt invader.

The Australian historian Professor David Day has suggested that Menzies might have replaced Churchill as British Prime Minister, and that he had some support in Britain for this.

Eventually, he became notorious for this activity, prompting Lord Randolph Churchill to observe ' For the purposes of recreation he has selected the felling of trees ; and we may usefully remark that his amusements, like his politics, are essentially destructive.

* February 26 – United Kingdom Prime Minister Winston Churchill announces that the United Kingdom has an atomic bomb.

* December 23 – WWII: Winston Churchill, in a broadcast address to the people of Italy, blames Benito Mussolini for leading his nation to war against the British, contrary to Italy's historic friendship with them: " One man has arrayed the trustees and inheritors of ancient Rome upon the side of the ferocious pagan barbarians.

Under the Constitution of the United Kingdom, the Prime Minister's role has evolved, based often on the individual's personal appeal and strength of character, as contrasted between, for example, Winston Churchill as against Clement Attlee, Margaret Thatcher as against John Major.

Queen Elizabeth II came to dine at 10 Downing Street to mark his resignation, an honour she has bestowed on only one other Prime Minister, Sir Winston Churchill.

The Parachute Regiment has its origins in the elite force of Commandos set up by the British Army at the request of Winston Churchill during the initial phase of the Second World War.

( The average annual temperature for Churchill at 59 ° N is-5 ° C ; by comparison Arkhangelsk at 64 ° N in a similar cold continental position in northern Russia has an average of 2 ° C.

" In a sentence inspired by a quote of Talleyrand about the Bourbons after the restoration of the French monarchy in 1815, Churchill declared: " He is like the Bourbons, he has learned nothing and forgotten everything.

Buck has compared him to Winston Churchill, another advocate of imperial policies who held fast to his beliefs after the tide of history had turned against him, and who rose to his peak of prominence at his country's darkest hour.

That aspect of the play has overshadowed Hochhuth's conceit, that the play would contribute to a debate on the ethics of the area bombing of civilian areas by the Royal Air Force during the Second World War, with particular reference to Operation Gomorrah, the Royal Air Force raids on Hamburg in 1943, and culminating in a lengthy and invented debate between Winston Churchill and the pacifist George Bell, Bishop of Chichester.

It is uncertain who may have originally composed the melody, but it appears to be well known first as a French folk song called " Marlbrough s ' en va-t-en guerre " (" Marlborough has left for the war ") in the 18th century about John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough.

" Such rhetoric reflected a new reality of working-class affluence ; it has been argued: " The key factor in the Conservative victory was that average real pay for industrial workers had risen since Churchill ’ s 1951 victory by over 20 per cent ".

It was thought that this was the effect of complaints from Churchill that they were too left-wing ; however, Priestley's son has recently revealed in a talk on the latest book being published about his father's life that it was in fact Churchill's Cabinet that brought about the cancellation by supplying negative reports on the broadcasts to Churchill.

* Caryl Churchill, playwright has lived in Thornhill Square since 1965.

Churchill National Park has fantastic woodland and lots of fauna.

The picnic ground at Churchill NP has gas barbecues, a uni-sex toilet and shelter.

The Park ’ s grandeur has attracted millions, included among them are names known around the world such as the Kennedy family, Harry Truman, General Omar Bradley, Winston Churchill, and J. P. Morgan.

Churchill singled him out from the crowd and stated, " Young man, you did a fine thing to give up your film career to fight for your country.

" While meeting with Stalin and Roosevelt in Tehran in 1943, Churchill stated that Britain was vitally interested in restoring Poland as an independent country.

Ernest Hemingway is quoted as saying, " I recommend Forester to everyone literate I know ," and Winston Churchill stated, " I find Hornblower admirable.

He was dismissed from his government post by Churchill, because, as he stated, he found Reith difficult to work with.

The conference provided the political blueprint for British administration in both Iraq and Transjordan, and in offering these two regions to the sons of Sharif Hussein ibn Ali of the Hedjaz, Churchill stated that the spirit, if not the letter, of Britain's wartime promises to the Arabs might be fulfilled.

The official explanation of the defeat as presented to the House of Commons by Winston Churchill stated: " feeling he could not bring the enemy immediately to action as long as he kept with Canopus, he decided to attack them with his fast ships alone, in the belief that even if he himself were destroyed ... he would inflict damage on them which ... would lead to their certain subsequent destruction.

In a September 1941 speech, Churchill stated that the Charter was only meant to apply to states under German occupation, and certainly not to the peoples who formed part of the British Colonial Empire.

Churchill was unhappy with the inclusion of references to peoples ' right to " self-determination " and stated that he considered the Charter an " interim and partial statement of war aims designed to reassure all countries of our righteous purpose and not the complete structure which we should build after the victory.

In response to growing criticism arising from the mutually irreconcilable commitments undertaken by the United Kingdom in the McMahon-Hussein correspondence, the Sykes – Picot Agreement and the Balfour declaration the 1922 Churchill White Paper stated that

Churchill stated: " Anyone can perform it without acquiring the rights, as long as they do a collection for people in Gaza at the end of it ".

Churchill told the joint Chiefs of Staff to propose measures for an offensive against German-occupied Europe, and stated, " they must be prepared with specially trained troops of the hunter class who can develop a reign of terror down the enemy coast.

FIRE has no stated political affiliation, and has represented the causes of parties with varied political viewpoints, ranging from conservative, liberal, and religious student groups to other activists such as members of PETA and Professor Ward Churchill.

Winston Churchill stated that Lauder, "... by his inspiring songs and valiant life, rendered measureless service to the Scottish race and to the British Empire.

Churchill told the joint Chiefs of Staff to propose measures for an offensive against German-occupied Europe, and stated: " they must be prepared with specially trained troops of the hunter class who can develop a reign of terror down the enemy coast.

The White Paper seeks to limit, and in fact to nullify Jewish rights to immigration and settlement in Palestine, and, as stated by Mr. Winston Churchill in the House of Commons in May 1939, constitutes ` a breach and repudiation of the Balfour Declaration '.

When Wilkes was arrested he gave Churchill a timely hint to retire to the country for a time, the publisher, Kearsley, having stated that he received part of the profits from the paper.

American author Christopher Ogden in his biography of Pamela Harriman has stated that American ambassador to UK during World War II John Gilbert Winant fell in love with Sarah Churchill but the relationship went nowhere.

In the unqualified sense it might be stated " Winston Churchill achieved greatness within his own lifetime ", thus implying that " greatness " is a definite and identifiable quality.

The Ambassador's memorandum also stated that arms and ammunition which Churchill had promised to parachute to Warsaw had not been sent because of technical difficulties.

In February, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill warned the U. S. against using nuclear weapons but in March, United States Secretary of State John Foster Dulles stated publicly that the U. S. was seriously considering a nuclear strike.

Sir Winston Churchill ( in his book on his father, Lord Randolph Churchill ) stated that, at its peak, the Primrose League had one million paid up members " determined to promote the cause of Toryism ".

This single action led then, Prime Minister Winston Churchill, to study British air base defense policy and in condemning memo to the Secretary of State for Air and to the Chief of the Air Staff dated June 29, 1941, Churchill stated he would no longer tolerate the shortcomings of the Royal Air Force ( RAF ) in which half a million RAF personnel had no combat role.