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Scott Allsop

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September 03

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http://www.historypod.net

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History, Nonfiction

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November 2016

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Scott Allsop studied history at the University of Cambridge and is the host of an iTunes Top-100 daily history podcast. He is an award-winning history teacher who was nominated for the UK's national Teaching Awards and short-listed for the BBC/Historical Association History Teacher of the Year award.

Passionate about finding opportunities to engage people with history, he hosts the daily 'on this day in history’ podcast at http://www.HistoryPod.net. This series of 2-3 minute long episodes covers a range of historical periods and events and was the top ‘New and Noteworthy’ history podcast on iTunes on its release. It has since maintained its place of a Top-100 podcast. He also creates podcasts specifically for history students that are shared

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21st October 1879: Thomas Edison makes a breakthrough in his attempt to develop an incandescent electric light

The breakthrough came when the team used carbonised cotton thread as a filament. A lamp that was initially illuminated on 21st October stayed lit for more than thirteen hours, providing evidence that a practical incandescent lamp was ...

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