Tom Anderson writes:
I think that's quite a nice idea. You might want to subdivide further than
by country, though - if, say, 90% of plaques are about British people ...
then the national flag isn't providing a lot of information about those
ones.

Ah, but the trick is to use the *correct* national flag. For Samuel Pepys,
the St. George's Cross; for Samuel Johnson, the Union Jack without the
red diagonal cross; for Samuel Palmer, the present version.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto "He seems unable to win without the added
thrill of changing sides." -- Chess

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