Richard III of England the Battle of Bosworth Field in Leicestershire. Richard was slain in the conflict, making him the last English king to die in battle. Henry Tudor then ascended the throne as Henry VII. After the battle, Richard's corpse was taken to Leicester and buried without pomp. His original tomb monument is believed to have been removed during the English Reformation, and his remains were lost for more than five centuries, believed to have been thrown into the River Soar. In 2012, an archaeological excavation was commissioned by the Richard III Society on a city council car park on the site once
Richard Lee Watkins III Richard Lee Watkins III Richard Lee Watkins III (born February 19, 1985) is an American scientist, politician, community organizer, academic and entrepreneur. Watkins was born in 1985 in Tyler, Texas and was raised in Greensboro, North Carolina. Watkins graduated from Fayetteville State University in 2007 and began his studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s School of Medicine in 2009. After earning his PhD at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, he founded The Science Policy Action Network, Inc. (SPAN), where he serves as the organization’s chief executive officer. Richard Lee Watkins III was born