----- Original Message -----
From: Glyn Hale
Sent: 30 October 2002 18:47
To: MONMOUTHSHIRE-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: Re: [Mon] Well Known People
29/10/02 00:48:56, "mike john" <mdjohn(a)ntlworld.com> wrote:
Does anyone know of anyone who would appear on the 1901
census who became well known such has an actor/actress, scientist,
polititian, artist, murderer.basically anyone who had at least 15
minutes of fame for any reason and was born in Monmouthshire,
Forest of Dean or Southern Herefordshire.
Mike, try these for a start (all born in Monmouthshire) :
ANEURIN BEVAN (1897 - 1960)
CHARLES ROLLS (1877 - 1910)
BERTRAND RUSSELL (1872 - 1970)
W H DAVIES (1871 - 1940)
ARTHUR MACHEN (1863 - 1947)
ALFRED RUSSELL WALLACE (1823 - 1913)
They're all on my "Gwent's Famous People" page at :
http://www.halefamily.net/gwent2.html
Let me know if you find any more.
<< yes Glyn searched and found
http://www.halefamily.net/gwent2.html
Bertrand Russell
just read his autobiography a good read
Hugh W
> you wrote
>> W H DAVIES(1871 - 1940) William Henry Davies was born in
Newport, the son of a publican. Emigrating to the USA at the age of 22 he lived partly as
a tramp and partly as a casual worker. He lost a leg while 'jumping' a train and
returned home where, after eight years of penury, he began to write. BERNARD SHAW arranged
for the publication of his first work, 'A Soul's Destroyer', which was quickly
followed by 'The Autobiography of a Supertramp', based on his experiences in the
USA. It was this book which established him as an author of international repute. Many
other novels and books of poetry followed but he will be best remembered by the lines
"What is this life if, full of care, We have no time to stand and stare".(From
his poem "Leisure".) <<<
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