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The country code and area code of Oswestry, United Kingdom is 44, (0)1691.
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Last of the Summer Wine - 1973 The Man from Oswestry 3-1 is rated/received certificates of:
UK:U (video rating) (2004)
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No, he's alive and well and living in Oswestry!
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The Norman knight Alan brought this fine surname to Britain; specifically, Oswestry in Shropshire.
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These hotels are within a 24km radius of the Oswestry School:
Wynnstay Hotel
Travelodge Oswestry
Sweeney Hall - Hotel
Lion Quays Hotel
Golden Pheasant Country Inn
Bryn Howel
Wild Pheasant Hotel
Chainbridge Hotel Abbey Grange Hotel
Travelodge Wrexham
Best Western Cross Lanes Hotel
The Wynnstay Arms Hotel
Ramada Plaza Wrexham
Mercure Albrighton Shrewsbury
Albright Hussey Manor Hotel
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Who lived at the Brookhouse Farm, Selattyn, Oswestry in about 1900?
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The New Saints of Oswestry Town
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There is one in Oswestry, Shropshire and another one in Balham, South London
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140 miles taking this route:
- Go up to M40 to The MIDLANDS, via A34 from Oxford.
- Take M40 to M42(N), outside of Birmingham.
- Take M42 to M6 TOLL to The NORTH WEST.
- Take M6 TOLL, around BIRMINGHAM, to A460 WOLVERHAMPTON at JT8. EXIT, and then follow signs to M54 TELFORD.
- Take M54 to A5 NORTH WALES towards SHREWSBURY at the END of the M54 motorway.
- Continue on A5 to Oswestry.
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Llansantffraid is a village in Powys, Wales, located near the border with England. It is situated in a rural area known for its natural beauty and proximity to the Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway.
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Chirk is a small town in north-east Wales, between Wrexham and Oswestry. Chirk has been part of the County Borough of Wrexham since local government reorganisation in 1996; prior to which it was administered as part of the county Clwyd and was part of the former county of Denbighshire. The border with the English county of Shropshire is a mile east of the town.
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Wilfred Owen served most of his military service in England. After enlisting in the Artists' Rifles Officers' Training Corps (1915) he spent seven months at Hare Hall Camp in Essex. He was then commissioned to the Manchester Regiment and sent to the front line in France. He managed to fall into a shell hole and suffer concussion, get blown into the air by a trench mortar and spent a number of days in a place called Savy Wood laid out on an embankment. Not long after he was diagnosed with shell shock and sent to Edinburgh. Towards the end of 1917 he was deemed fit for light regimental duties and sent to Scarborourgh. In March 1918 he was sent to the Northern Command Depot at Ripon. At the very end of 1918 he was sent back to the front line. On October 1, 1918 he led his troops into battle just outside the village of Joncourt. One week before the war ended Owens was shot and killed.
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No, the noun 'leg' is a common noun; a general word for the limb of a person or animal used to support the body or to walk; a general word for each of the supports of a chair, table, or other structure; a general word for a section of a journey or a process; a word for any leg of any kind.
A proper noun is the name or title of a specific person, place, or thing; for example, Leg Street in Oswestry, UK or Leg of Lamb Lake in Ontario Canada.
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Wales' oldest lived in castle is Penhow Castle. Built by Sir William St Maur in the early 13th century
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http://www.castles-of-britain.com/castle85.htm possibly whittington castle (actually now in shropshire, england) is amongst the oldest castles (approx 2 miles east of oswestry). it pre-dates 1221, which a number of castles seem to refer to this same year for stone build. though a 'castle' as been at this site since the early 9th century.
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Thomas Gipps has written:
'The rector of Bury's reply to the minister at Oswestry's answer; in a second letter to his friend' -- subject(s): Controversial literature, Early works to 1800
'Three sermons' -- subject(s): Church and state, Church of England, English Sermons, Sermons, Sermons, English
'Tentamen novum' -- subject(s): Church history
'The further vindication, &c. of Mr. Owen consider'd in a letter to a friend' -- subject(s): Early works to 1800
'Tentamen novum continuatum. Or, An answer to Mr Owen's Plea and defense. Wherein Bishop Pearson's chronology about the time of St. Paul's constituting Timothy Bishop of Ephesus, and Titus of Crete, is confirm'd; the second epistle to Timothy demonstrated to have been written in the apostle'' -- subject(s): Early works to 1800, Ordination, Biblical teaching, Church history
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I think you mean WilFRED Owen- he was a British soldier-poet of the First World War. Of Anglo-Welsh parentage, he was born in Oswestry in the English border county of Shropshire in 1893, and intended to make a career as a Minister of Religion in the Church of England. Although he failed to get into London University, he went on to study at the University College of Reading and worked as a private tutor of English and French, before the Great War interrupted his studies and he joined up as a private in the Artists Rifles in 1915. Although he started his military service in cheerful, optomistic mood, he quickly became disillusioned and horrified at the appalling carnage and pointlessness of the war, and took to writing poetry as a means of expressing his disgust and outrage. He attained the rank of Second Lieutenant during the war years, for a while being invalided back to Britain to the Craiglockhart psychiatric hospital in Scotland, where he met fellow war poet Siegfried Sassoon and becoming a friend & colleague of his. He returned to the front in 1918, and was killed at the age of just 25 in the last week of the war. His mother received news of his death on 4th November - Armistice Day. Wilfred Owen is now regarded as one of the greatest British poets of the First World War, along with Sassoon, Robert Graves, Edmund Blunden and Edward Thomas. His most famous poems include 'Anthem for Doomed Youth', 'Dulce Et Decorum Est' and 'Strange Meeting'.
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In 1188, Gerald of Wales went on a tour of Wales with the Archbishop of Canterbury in an initiative to raise a crusading army from the Welsh nation for the Third Crusade.
His itinerary is recorded in his book The Itinerary of Archbishop Baldwin through Wales, thus;
Book I, Ch. 1: Hereford and Radnor
Book I, Ch. 2: Hay and Brecheinia
Book I, Ch. 3: Ewyas and Llanthoni
Book I, Ch. 4: Coed Grono and Abergevenni
Book I, Ch. 5: Usk and Caerleon
Book I, Ch. 6: Newport and Cardiff
Book I, Ch. 7: South Glamorgan
Book I, Ch. 8: Swansea and Gower
Book I, Ch. 9: Lochor and Kidwelly
Book I, Ch. 10: Carmarthen
Book I, Ch. 11: Haverford West
Book I, Ch. 12: Pembroke
Book I, Ch. 13: Camros and Newgale
Book II: Preface
Book II, Ch. 1: Saint David's
Book II, Ch. 2: Cardigan
Book II, Ch. 3: Lampeter
Book II, Ch. 4: Strata Florida
Book II, Ch. 5: Merioneth
Book II, Ch. 6: Lleyn and Bangor
Book II, Ch. 7: Anglesey
Book II, Ch. 8: Conway
Book II, Ch. 9: Snowdonia
Book II, Ch. 10: Flintshire
Book II, Ch. 11: Chester
Book II, Ch. 12: Oswestry and Shrewsbury
Book II, Ch. 13: Ludlow and Hereford
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Body Piercing Guidelines or "I want a piercing, now what"
- All Body Piercing studios are regulated and work under regional and local health and city licensing regulations. What you may want may not be legal in your area so call and check with your local studios.
- Age limits can vary from city to city and state/province to state/province, contact your local body piercing studios (under the yellow pages "Body Piercing" ) they will tell you what the age limits are for your area.
- Identification is aways needed (Birth certificate, Student card, Drivers license) Parental consent is consent from the legal parents (Mother or Father). Grand parents, Sister, Brother, Second Cousin twice removed doesn't cut it sorry. Unless they are your legal guardians assigned by the courts and have documented proof or this, it just won't work.
- Prices for piercings vary from shop to shop and city to city. Be sure you phone and ask them what the total price is including any *aftercare solutions they may try to sell you (* Professional body piercing studios won't try to sell you aftercare solution, they will recommend cleansers and soaps but that's it if you want it they will sell it but they will not force you to buy it.)
- Do your research, check these places out and find a studio that you are comfortable with, talk to the piercer and discuss you wishes. If at any time you feel like you are being ignored or rushed leave, find somewhere else. Good shops will be busy, but they will also want you to book your appointment, this way they have there full attention on you not everyone else who is asking questions (that's a good thing).
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Wilfred Owen was born in Oswestry, England on March 18th, 1893. His family was middle class with one sister and two brothers. His mother was a deeply religious Calvinist who remained very close to Wilfred for most of his life. His father was an independent, impatient man who enjoyed reading and music. Both parents had a profound affect on Wilfred's life. As a child, he studied botany, archaeology, and read a great deal. At the time of his death, over 325 volumes of poets such as Dante, Chaucer, Goethe, Cowper, Southey, Gray, Collins, Keats, Shelley, Coleridge, Burns, Browning, and Tennyson, were found in his own personal collection. Although he couldn't afford a University education, he studied at Shrewsbury Technical School until 1911, when he went to Dunsden, Oxfordshire, as a pupil and lay assistant to the vicar.
Wilfred Edward Salter Owen MC (18 March 1893 - 4 November 1918) was an English and Welsh poet and soldier, regarded by many as one of the leading poets of the First World War. His shocking, realistic war poetry on the horrors of trenches and gas warfare was heavily influenced by his friend Siegfried Sassoon and sat in stark contrast to both the public perception of war at the time, and to the confidently patriotic verse written earlier by war poets such as Rupert Brooke. Some of his best-known works-most of which were published posthumously-include "Dulce et Decorum Est", "Insensibility", "Anthem for Doomed Youth", "Futility" and "Strange Meeting". His preface intended for a book of poems to be published in 1919 contains numerous well-known phrases, especially "War, and the pity of War", and "the Poetry is in the pity".
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The UNESCO World Heritage list has just been updated and can you guess how many properties are included in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland? So how many can you name? Here is the complete list:
1. Blaenavon Industrial Landscape - Near Cardiff, Wales (2000)
2. Blenheim Palace - Oxfordshire, England (1987)
3. Canterbury Cathedral, St Augustine's Abbey, and St Martin's Church - Kent, England (1988)
4. Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd - Gwynedd, North Wales (1986)
5. City of Bath - Avon, England (1987)
6. Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape - Cornwall and Devon Counties (2006)
7. Derwent Valley Mills - Derbyshire, England (2001)
8. Durham Castle and Cathedral - County of Durham, England (1986)
9. Frontiers of the Roman Empire (1987)
10. Heart of Neolithic Orkney - Mainland Orkney, Scotland (1999)
11. Historic Town of St George and Related Fortifications, Bermuda - St George, Bermuda (2000)
12. Ironbridge Gorge - Shropshire, England (1986)
13. Liverpool - Maritime Mercantile City - Liverpool, England (2004)
14. Maritime Greenwich - London Borough of Greenwich, England (1997)
15. New Lanark - South Lanarkshire, Scotland (2001)
16. Old and New Towns of Edinburgh - Lothian Region, Scotland (1995)
17. Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal - Wrexham County Borough, County of Denbighshire, Borough of Oswestry, County of Shropshire (2009)
18. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew - London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, southwest Greater London (2003)
19. Saltaire - West Yorkshire, England (2001)
20. Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites -Wiltshire, England (1986)
21. Studley Royal Park including the Ruins of Fountains Abbey - North Yorkshire, England (1986)
22. Tower of London - London Borough of Tower Hamlets, England (1988)
23. Westminster Palace, Westminster Abbey and Saint Margaret's Church - City of Westminster, London, England (1987)
24. Dorset and East Devon Coast - Dorset and East Devon, England (2001)
25. Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast - County Antrim, Northern Ireland (1986)
26. Gough and Inaccessible Islands - Tristan da Cunha Island group, St Helena Dependency (1995)
27. Henderson Island - Pitcairn Island Group (1988)
28. St Kilda - Scotland (1986)
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278 mi - about 5 hours 14 mins driving time.
Glasgow, to Shropshire, UK
1. Head east on Renfrew St toward Hope St 75 ft
2. Take the 1st left onto Hope St 0.1 mi
3. Turn right at Cowcaddens Rd 397 ft
4. Take the 1st left to stay on Cowcaddens Rd 118 ft
5. Slight left at Port Dundas Rd 463 ft
6. Turn right at Milton St 0.2 mi
7. Take the 2nd left onto A804/Dobbie's Loan 322 ft
8. Slight right to stay on A804/Dobbie's Loan 121 ft
9. Continue straight onto A879/Craighall Rd 184 ft
10. Turn right to stay on A879/Craighall Rd (signs for M80/M74/Stirling/Edinburgh/M8/Carlisle) 49 ft
11. Take the ramp onto M8 6.3 mi
12. Take the A89/M73 exit toward M74/Coatbridge/Carlisle 0.3 mi
13. Keep right at the fork, follow signs for Carlisle and merge onto M73 1.4 mi
14. At junction 1, exit onto M74 toward Carlisle 29.5 mi
15. Continue onto A74(M) (signs for Carlisle) 48.8 mi
16. Continue onto M6
Entering England 129 mi
17. At junction 20a, exit onto M56 toward Chester/Runcorn 3.7 mi
18. At junction 10, take the A49 exit 0.2 mi
19. At A559, take the 2nd exit onto A49/Tarporley Rd heading to Whitchurch
Continue to follow A49 5.9 mi
20. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit and stay on A49
Go through 1 roundabout 9.3 mi
21. Turn right to stay on A49 12.0 mi
22. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto B5476/Tarporley Rd 0.8 mi
23. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto B5395/Bargates 249 ft
24. Turn left at B5395/London Rd
Continue to follow B5395
Go through 2 roundabouts 1.7 mi
25. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto A41/Heath Rd 1.2 mi
26. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto A49
Go through 3 roundabouts 17.2 mi
27. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto A5 heading to Leominster/Welshpool/A458/Bridgnorth/Oswestry/Shrewsbury 1.1 mi
28. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto B4380/Emstrey Bank heading to Atcham/Wroxeter/Walcot/Ironbridge
Continue to follow B4380 1.1 mi
29. Turn right 0.2 mi
30. Turn left 0.2 mi
31. Turn right 1.6 mi
32. Turn left 6.2 mi
Shropshire, UK
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The 0161 area code is for Manchester and surrounding area, including the towns of Oldham, Stockport and Salford. The local number is a further 7 digits.
The full number should be written like (0161) xxx xxxx OR +44 161 xxx xxxx.
(The plus sign means "insert your international access prefix here." From a GSM mobile phone, you can enter the number in full international format, starting with the plus sign. The most common prefix is 00, but North America (USA, Canada, etc.) uses 011, Japan uses 010, Australia uses 0011, and many other countries use different prefixes.)
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The following is a list of currently active schools dating from the Middle Ages. There were a lot of schools that opened during the Middle Ages that later closed, especially in areas where a lot of wars were fought. England, with perhaps the greatest numbers of schools from the Middle Ages, is also a country less prone to invasion that some others. The following list does not include Universities, and probably leaves out a lot of schools (for example, none is listed from Italy, which seems absurd). The date used for the end of the Middle Ages is 1500, which, while arguably perhaps 50 years late, at least excludes non from the list some might want included.
Denmark:
- Viborg Katedralskole, Denmark (c.1060)
- Metropolitanskolen, Denmark (1209)
England:
- The King's School, Canterbury, England (597 )
- The King's School, Rochester, England (604)
- St Peter's School, York, England (627)
- Thetford Grammar School, Thetford, England (631)
- Royal Grammar School Worcester, England (685)
- Beverley Grammar School, England (700) - Oldest state school in England
- The Pilgrims' School, England (c.900)
- Wells Cathedral School, England (c.909)
- Warwick School, England (914)
- St Albans School, England (948)
- The King's School, Ely, England (970)
- Salisbury Cathedral School, England (1091)
- Norwich School, England (1096)
- Reading School, England (1125)
- Bristol Cathedral School, England (1140)
- Derby School, England (1160)
- Westminster School, England (1179)
- Colchester Royal Grammar School, England (1206)
- Lancaster Royal Grammar School, England (1235)
- Abingdon School, England (1256)
- King Edward VI Grammar School, Louth, England (1276)
- Ipswich School, Suffolk, England (1299) (first record of existence)
- Stamford School, England (c.1309 but re-endowed 1532)
- Northallerton College, England (1323)
- Hull Grammar School, England (1330)
- King's School Ottery St. Mary, England (1335)
- Bablake School, England (1344)
- St George's School, Windsor Castle, England (1348)
- Doncaster Grammar School / Hall Cross School, England (1350)
- New College School, England (1379)
- Wisbech Grammar School, England (1379)
- Winchester College, England (1382)
- Hereford Cathedral School, England (1384)
- Katharine Lady Berkeley's School, England (1384)
- Penistone Grammar School, England (1392)
- Chorister School, England (c.1400)
- Oswestry School, England (1407)
- Durham School, England (1414)
- Royal Latin School, England (1423)
- Sponne School, England (1430)
- Sevenoaks School, England (1432)
- Eton College, England (1440)
- City of London School, England (1442)
- Bridlington School, England (1447)
- St. Bartholomew's School, England (1466)
- Magdalen College School, Oxford, England (1480)
- Skegness Grammar School, England (1483)
- Stockport Grammar School, England (1487)
- Ermysted's Grammar School, England (1492) (first record of existence)
- King Edward VI School, Lichfield, England (1495)
- Loughborough Grammar School, England (1495)
- Queen Elizabeth's School, Wimborne Minster, England (1497)
Finland:
- Cathedral School in Turku, Finland (1276)
France:
- Lycée Saint-Louis, Paris, France (1280, formerly known as the Collège d'Harcourt)
Germany:
- Gymnasium Paulinum, Germany (797)
- Gymnasium Theodorianum, Germany (799)
- Gymnasium Carolinum, Osnabrück, Germany (804) - founded by Charlemagne
- Stiftsgymnasium Xanten, Xanten, Germany (exact founding date not clear)
- Thomasschule zu Leipzig, Germany (1212)
- Dreikönigsgymnasium, Cologne, Germany (1450)
Iceland:
- Menntaskólinn í Reykjavík, Iceland (1056)
Latvia:
- Riga State Gymnasium No.1, Latvia (1211)
Lithuania:
- Cathedral School of Vilnius, Lithuania (founded before 1397)
The Netherlands:
- Stedelijk Gymnasium van 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands (exact year of foundation unknown, but first mentioned in 1274)
- Stedelijk Gymnasium Leiden, The Netherlands (exact year of foundation unknown)
- Gymnasium Erasmianum, The Netherlands (1328)
- Gymnasium Haganum, The Netherlands (1394)
Norway:
- Trondheim katedralskole, Norway (c.1152)
- Bergen katedralskole, Norway (1153)
- Oslo katedralskole, Norway (1153)
Scotland:
- High School of Glasgow, Scotland (pre-1124)
- Royal High School, Scotland (1128 est)
- Lanark Grammar School, Scotland (1183)
- High School of Dundee, Scotland (1239)
- Aberdeen Grammar School, Scotland (1418) (possibly 1263)
Sweden:
- Katedralskolan, Lund, Sweden (1085)
- Katedralskolan, Uppsala, Sweden (exact year of foundation not known)
Wales:
- Ruthin School, Denbighshire, Wales (1284)
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- Edward George Bowen pioneer of radar. Worked at 'Woomera Rocket Testing Base' in Australia. Born in Gendros, Swansea.
- David Brunt pioneer of modern meteorology. Head of Meteorological Office, secretary of Royal Society From Penfforddlas, Wales.
- Martha Hughes Cannon pioneer in women and children's medicine. The State of Utah's Health Department is named in her honour. Born in Llandudno, Wales.
- Archie Cochrane Founder of Cochrane Collaboration, Cochrane library, Cochrane reviews. UK Cochrane Centre in Oxford. Conducted much of his groundbreaking medical research in Wales
- Alan Cox is a programmer heavily involved in the development of the Linux kernel since 1991.
- Sir Clifford Darby, geographer and leader in promoting the relationships between geography and other subjects. Knighted in 1988. Born in Neath, South Wales
- Donald Davies Proposed and developed packet switching an important part of the internet. Born in Treorchy, Rhondda, Wales
- Walter Davies (inventor), along with his brother Thomas, invented the 'Stepney Spare Wheel' used on almost all early motor cars. Born in Llanelli, South Wales
- John Dee Founder of the new school of English mathematical scientists in 16th century. One of the greatest polymaths of all time. Born in Buallt, Radnor.
- Bill Frost Welsh carpenter who patented the aeroplane in 1894 and took to the skies in a powered flying machine the following year, eight years before the Wright brothers attempt at Kitty Hawk. Born in Tenby
- William Robert Grove Invented the Fuel Cell. Born in Swansea, 1811
- John T. Houghton Distinguished meteorologist. Inspiration behind major international conferences on global warming (Rio, Kyoto, Buenos Aires). Born in Wales.]
- David E. Hughes First transmission of radio waves. Inventor of the microphone and printing telegraph system. A musician and philosopher. Born Corwen, Wales.
- John Gwyn Jeffreys conchologist (someone who studies shells). He helped pioneer deep-sea dredging. He corresponded with Charles Darwin and was involved with a number of scientific associations. Born into a long-established Welsh family.
- Ernest Jones He introduced psychoanalysis into Britain and North America. Born in Llwchwy, South Wales
- Samuel Milton Jones Inventor, writer and Mayor of Toledo, Ohio, USA. Born in Carnarvonshire
- Steve Jones Professor of genetics at the Galton Laboratory and University College, London. Born in Wales.
- William Jones A noted mathematician, published author and early naval navigator. First to use 'Pi' (1706) as a mathematical symbol. Born in Llanfihangel Tre'r Beirdd.
- Brian Josephson Nobel prize winning physicist; gave his name to 'Josephson Effects'. Born Cardiff.
- Bernard Knight Forensic pathologist, barrister and writer. Creator of the 'Crowner John' series, historic crime fiction. As a forensic pathologist, worked on the infamous Fred West case, recovering all twelve bodies. Born and spent most of his life in Cardiff.
- Francis Lewis Signatory of the US 'Declaration of Independence' as one of the representatives from New York. Born in Llandaff
- Edward Lhuyd Fellow of Jesus College Oxford. Keeper of the Ashmolean Museum and the foremost Celtic scholar of his time. Born Oswestry, 1660
- Ronald M Lockley Famous naturalist and author. Best known for his life on Skokholm Island off Pembrokeshire 1927-1940 and at Orielton in 1950's early 1960s. Born in Cardiff.
- Terry Matthews 'Mitel' and 'Newbridge' Networks founder. Born and raised in Wales.
- William Morgan Inventor of the Vacuum Tube, Coolidge Tube, Britain's first actuary, founding father of modern actuarial science. The unknowing discoverer of x-rays, a hundred and ten years before Roentgen. Born in Bridgend, 1750, died 1830.
- William Henry Preece was an electrical engineer who was a major figure in the development and introduction of wireless telegraphy and the telephone in Great Britain. Born Feb 15 1834 in Bryn Helen.[
- Richard Price Was developer of the times tables for insurance scales. Born at Tynton Farm Llangeinor, South Wales
- William Price re-introduced cremation to Britain. Born Llantrisant, South Wales
- Pryce Pryce-Jones Gave mail-order (catalogue) shopping to the world.(circa 1859) Born/lived in Newtown, Montgomeryshire (Powys).
- Robert Recorde Very influential physician and mathematician. Robert published some of the most important books of his era including the first English language book on Algebra which incidentally is where the equals symbol is first seen in use. From Tenby, West Wales
- Isaac Roberts He pioneered deep space photography at the end of the 19th century. Born in Groes near Denbigh in 1829.
- Richard Roberts (engineer) Textile machinery, railway locomotives and other industrial inventions. Born Llanymynech, 1789.
- Bertrand Russell Philosopher, mathematician and the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1950. Russell is one of the most highly regarded academics of the 20th century. He popularized mathematics and proposed many ground breaking theories. Born in Trelleck, Monmouthshire, South Wales.
- David Thomas in 1837 invented a hot blast furnace process to make iron using anthracite coal in Ystradfera (Swansea Valley). transforming the iron-making process there and later in 1839 after re-locating to Pennsylvania where he became the "father" of the American steel industry with his invention
- Sir Tudor Thomas World famous Welsh eye surgeon from Cardiff. He pioneered ophthalmic corneaplasty in the 1930s. Born in Ystradgynlais 23 May 1893
- Alfred Russel Wallace Conferred with Darwin (and Darwin with him) regarding evolution of species and acknowledged as theory co -founder by Darwin in his 'On the Origin of Species'. Born South Wales.
- Evan Williams Distinguished physicist, discoverer of the Meson Particle. Born Cwmsychpant, Llandysul, Wales.
- Ernest Willows pioneering aviator. 'The Father of British Airships' Born in Cardiff, 1896.
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Theres a huge range of Welsh Based invetions and discoveries to choose from such as
- David Thomas in 1837 invented a hot blast furnace process to make iron using anthracite coal in Ystradfera (Swansea Valley). transforming the iron-making process there and later in 1839 after re-locating to Pennsylvania where he became the "father" of the American steel industry with his invention
- Eddie Bowen pioneer of radar. Worked at 'Woomera Rocket Testing Base' in Australia. Invented artificial rain in the 1950s Born in Gendros, Swansea.
- David Brunt pioneer of modern meteorology. Head of Meteorological Office, secretary of Royal Society From Penfforddlas, Wales.
- Martha Hughes Cannon pioneer in women and children's medicine. The State of Utah's Health Department is named in her honour.
Born in Wales. Family from Llanddoged near Llanrst.
- John Chiplin Co-founder of 'GeneFormatics', leading biotech company, in 1999. Founded 'Newstar Music' 1995 and creative vehicle for the band, 'Vita Nuova'. Born in Cardiff.
- Archie Cochrane Founder of Cochrane Collaboration, Cochrane library, Cochrane reviews. UK Cochrane Centre in Oxford. Conducted much of his groundbreaking medical research in Wales. Cochrane archive is in Llandough Hospital, part of Cardiff University School of Medicine.Iian Cox Alan cox is a programmer heavily involved in the development of the Linux kernel since its early days (1991). He then became one of the main developers and maintainers of the whole kernel.
- Sir Clifford Darby Geographer and leader in promoting the relationships between geography and other subjects. Knighted in 1988. Born in Neath, South Wales.
- Donald Davies Proposed and developed packet switching an important part of the internet. Born in Wales
- Thomas Davies Along with his brother Walter he invented the 'Stepney Spare Wheel' used on almost all early motor cars. Born in Llanelli, South Wales
- John Ddu Founder of the new school of English mathematical scientists in 1500's. One of the greatest polymaths of all time. Born in Buallt, Radnor.
- Mr Dudson Invented the DUDSON Valve (the needle type) used to inflate sports balls everywhere. Lived in Abertridwr.
- Sir Chris Evans Britain's most colourful biotech entrepreneur. Born in Port Talbot.
- Bill Frost Welsh carpenter who patented the aeroplane in 1894 and took to the skies in a powered flying machine the following year, eight years before the Wright brothers attempt at Kitty Hawk. Born in Tenby.
- William Robert Grove Invented the Fuel Cell. Born in Swansea, 1811.
- John Houghton Distinguished meteorologist. Inspiration behind major international conferences on global warming (Rio, Kyoto, Buenos Aires). Born in Wales.
- David Hughes First transmission of radio waves. Inventor of the microphone and printing telegraph system. A musician and philosopher. Born Corwen, Wales.
- John Gwyn Jeffreys conchologist (someone who studies shells). He helped pioneer deep-sea dredging. He corresponded with Charles Darwin and was involved with a number of scientific associations. Born into a long-established Welsh family.
- Dyfrig Jones Theory of 'Planetary Radiation'. Born in Wales.[citation needed]
- Ernest Jones He introduced psychoanalysis into Britain and North America. Born in Llwchwy, South Wales
- Samuel Milton Jones Inventor, writer and Mayor of Toledo, Ohio, USA. Born in Carnarvonshire.
- Steve Jones Professor of genetics at the Galton Laboratory and University College, London. Born in Wales.
- William Jones A noted mathematician, published author and early naval navigator. First to use 'Pi' (1706) as a mathematical symbol. Born in Llanfihangel Tre'r Beirdd.
- Brian Josephson Nobel prize winning physicist; gave his name to 'Josephson Effects'. Born Cardiff.
- Bernard Knight Forensic pathologist, barrister and writer. Creator of the 'Crowner John' series, historic crime fiction. As a forensic pathologist, worked on the infamous Fred West case, recovering all twelve bodies. Born and spent most of his life in Cardiff.
- Francis Lewis Signatory of the US 'Declaration of Independence' as one of the representatives from New York. Born in Llandaff.
- Edward Lloyd Fellow of Jesus College Oxford. Keeper of the Ashmolean Museum and the foremost Celtic scholar of his time. Born Oswestry, 1660.
- Ronald M Lockley Famous naturalist and author. Best known for his life on Skokholm Island off Pembrokeshire 1927-1940 and at Orielton in 1950's early 1960s. Born in Cardiff.
- John Maddox Knighted for services to science. Author of several books. Born South Wales, 1925.
- Terence Matthews 'Mitel' and 'Newbridge' Networks founder. Billionaire. Born and raised in Wales.
- Gaynor Morgan Inventing and patenting the 'inco-stop'. Born in Bridgend.
- Kevin Morgan Groundbreaking work in the field of Pharmaceutical powder compacting. Born in Swansea.
- William Morgan (scientist) Inventor of the Vacuum Tube, Coolidge Tube, Britain's first actuary, founding father of modern actuarial science. The unknowingly discoverer of x-rays, a hundred and ten years before Roentgen! Born in Bridgend, 1750, died 1830
- Sir William H Preece William Henry Preece was an electrical engineer who was a major figure in the development and introduction of wireless telegraphy and the telephone in Great Britain. Born Feb 15 1834 in Bryn Helen.
- Dr Richard Pryce Was developer of the times tables for insurance scales. Born at Tynton Farm Llangeinor, South Wales
- Dr William Price re-introuduced cremation to Britain. Born Llantristant, South Wales
- Pryce Pryce-Jones Gave mail-order (catalogue) shopping to the world.(circa 1859) Born/lived in Newtown, Montgomeryshire (Powys).
- Robert Recorde Very influential physician and mathematician. Robert published some of the most important books of his era including the first English language book on Algebra which incidentally is where the equals symbol is first seen in use! He achieved high office too, being not only the king's physician but also the controller of the Royal Mint (which is now based in Llantrisant, South Wales). From Tenby, West Wales.
- Isaac Roberts He pioneered deep space photography at the end of the nineteenth century. Born in Groes near Denbigh in 1829.
- Richard Roberts Textile machinery, railway locomotives and other industrial inventions. Born Llanymynech, 1789.
- Earl Bertrand Russell Philosopher, mathematician and the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1950. Russell is one of the most highly regarded academics of the twentieth century. Helped perhaps by a great sense of humor, he popularized the mathematics and proposed many ground breaking theories. Born in Trelleck, Monmouthshire, South Wales.
- f Sir John M. Thomas Former Director of the Royal Institution. Previously held Chair of Physical Sciences at Cambridge. Before that Professor and Head of Chemistry Department at Aberystwyth. Member of the Bardic Circle of the National Eisteddfod.
Born in Wales of Welsh parentage.
- Sir Tudor Thomas World famous Welsh eye surgeon from Cardiff. He pioneered ophthalmic corneaplasty in the 1930s. Born in Ystradgynlais twenty-third May 1893.
- Brian Trubshaw Test Pilot for Concorde. From Llanelli, Wales.
- Alfred Russel Wallace Conferred with Darwin (and Darwin with him) regarding evolution of species and acknowledged as theory co -founder by Darwin in his 'On the Origin of Species'. Born South Wales.
- Evan Williams Distinguished physicist, discoverer of the Meson Particle. Born Cwmsychpant, Llandysul, Wales.
- Ernest Willows pioneering aviator. In 1910 became the first person to cross the English channel in airship. Born in Cardiff, 1896.
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Wilfred Owen fought and died in the First World War and worte poems about the horrors of the war. He used to be an Anti-War Activist and used to send poems to other poets in a similar situation.
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