famous adventurers like Sir Arthur Whitten Brown, Rupert Bear and Glyn Daniel.
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famous adventurers like Sir Arthur Whitten Brown, Rupert Bear and Glyn Daniel. Rupert Bear Popular children's character. A bear who had many fantasy adventures. Lived in Beddgelert, Snowdonia (as did his creator Alfred Bestall). The local landscapes feature in his books. Posted by Mizoguchi  Get more info?Daniel Boone American frontiersman of note. Of Welsh descent. His mother was of the Morgan family of the Tredegar estate in South East Wales. Posted by FacesPlayer Get more info?Sir Arthur Whitten Brown First man to fly across the Atlantic. Lived in Langland, Mumbles, Swansea. Posted by StLouisBust Get more info?John Callice Piracy, smuggling and probably murder, bribery and assorted other nastiness too. Actual birth place is uncertain but by all accounts he seems to have originated from South Wales in the mid 1500's. He used his knowledge of the coastline and his contacts there to further his career. Apparently much of his booty was fenced in Wales. Posted by simbadog Get more info?Twm Sion Cati Highwayman and folk hero, a Welsh 'Robin Hood'. Born in Wales. Posted by LegendLeader Get more info?Johnny Potato Creek He found one of the largest gold nuggets ever. Laid to rest next to two of the most famous wild west characters, Wild Bill Hickock and Calamity Jane. Potato Creek Johnny, real name John Perrett, a Welshman who emigrated to deadwood in 1883 when he was just seventeen years old. He was described as being one of Deadwood?s most colourful characters, standing just over four feet tall. Posted by mikework Get more info?Davey Crockett American frontiersman. Misnomer, There is no evidence he was of Welsh descent. Posted by EdWelsh Get more info?Glyn Daniel Glyn was an archaeologist who made some of the earliest efforts to populaise the subject on radio and television. He wrote several books on European archeology and a number of articles in archaeological journals. Glyn Edmund Daniel was born in Barry South Wales in 1914. Posted by sarajay Get more info?<<previous page | This is page 1 of 9 | next
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