101 Amazing Facts about Wales by Jack Goldstein

Author:Jack Goldstein
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Wales, tourist, travel, history, geography, cymraeg, cardiff, rarebit, Swansea, Charles, United Kingdom, UK, Britain, British, Dragon, Tudor, cymru, Celtic, mining, tom jones, cheese, ifans, zeta jones
ISBN: 9781783330997
Publisher: Andrews UK Limited 2013
Published: 2013-06-25T00:00:00+00:00

Famous Welsh Figures from History

Owain Glyndwr (1349-1416) - rebel who won the Welsh brief independence from England in the early 15 th century.

David Lloyd George (1863 - 1945) - The only Welsh prime minister in the United Kingdom’s history.

Robert Owen (1771 - 1858) - industrialist who brought reform to the working classes: shorter working hours, in increase in the minimum age of employment and an improvement in working conditions.

Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970) - the greatest British philosopher of the 20 th Century.

Dylan Thomas (1914 - 1953) - famous Welsh poet.

Roald Dahl (1916 - 1990) - one of the modern era’s greatest children’s authors.

Aneurin Bevan (1897 - 1960) - father of the NHS and creator of the modern welfare state.

T.E. Lawrence (1888 - 1935) - campaigner for Arab Independence.

Bryn Terfel (1965-) - Wales’s favourite opera singer.

Tommy Cooper (1921-1984) - genius fez-wearing magician and comedian.

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