Occupations of Historical Figures (Multiple Choice)

He was one of the most prominent patriarchs of the Kanō school of painting, which was the dominant style of painting in Japan from the late 15th century until the Meiji period.

She was a fossil collector at Lyme Regis in England whose finds include the first correctly identified ichthyosaur skeleton, and whose observations include the fact that belemnites had ink sacs like modern cephalopods.

He was a High Priest of Ra. He was also a chancellor to the Pharaoh Djoser and probable architect behind the first pyramid.

Better-known as El Cid, Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar fought for both Christian and Muslim rulers and temporarily conquered Valencia.

He was the 11th prime minister of Canada.

He was a sultan of the Timurid Empire, an astronomer and a mathematician. He built an impressive observatory in Samarkand that is believed to have been one of the finest in the Islamic world.

Specifically, he was a tragedian. He also fought in the Battle of Marathon, the Battle of Salamis and the Battle of Plataea; his experiences of war influenced his plays.

He invented a device which indicated the motion of the planets and stars, came up with a procedure to manufacture colourless glass and made magnifying glasses for reading. He was also a physician, chemist, engineer, musician and poet.

He designed buildings in Tasmania and Queensland, including Hobart Town Hall.

He was the founder of Mohism, a Chinese philosophy of logic, rational thought and science.

He was an important leader of the struggle for independence of the central and southern parts of South America from Spain, and served as Protector of Peru from 28th July 1821 to 20th September 1822.

She was also a writer, a composer, a philosopher and a mystic.

He was a railroad construction foreman. A large iron rod was driven completely through his head, which he managed to survive, despite the fact that it destroyed most of his left frontal lobe.

Specifically, he was an anti-apartheid activist, who was at the forefront of the campaign known as the Black Consciousness Movement.

He was a mobad, a Zoroastrian cleric of a particular rank. He founded Mazdakism, a religion that was an offshoot of Zoroastrianism.