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Present in England and Wales for a considerable time before the Norman Conquest of 1066, the blood of Anglo-Saxons flows through the veins of many bearers of the Roberts name today.It is a name that features prominently in the historical record, with Sir Richard Roberts the British molecular biologist and biochemist who, along with Phillip Sharp, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1993 for their pioneering work on gene-splitting, while in British politics Margaret Hilda Roberts was the maiden name of Margaret Thatcher, who served as Conservative Party Prime Minister from 1979 to 1990.Highlighted here are the stirring lives and times of bearers of the proud name of Roberts.