Alfred Wainwright

GPTKB entity

Properties (41)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Person
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Lake_District
gptkbp:awards Honorary_Doctorate_from_the_University_of_Central_Lancashire
gptkbp:born January 17, 1907
gptkbp:createdBy Wainwright's_Walks
gptkbp:died January 20, 1991
gptkbp:education gptkb:Blackburn_Technical_School
gptkbp:hobbies Drawing
Walking
Writing
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Alfred Wainwright
gptkbp:influenced Outdoor literature
Hiking culture
British_walking_guides
gptkbp:influencedBy John Ruskin
gptkbp:inspiration gptkb:Wainwright_Society
gptkb:Wainwright_Memorial_Trust
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Wainwright's_Pictorial_Guides_to_the_Lakeland_Fells
gptkbp:legacy Influence on modern hiking.
His_work_is_celebrated_in_the_Lake_District.
Wainwright's_guides_are_considered_classics.
Wainwright's_guides_remain_popular_today.
Promoted_the_Lake_District_as_a_walking_destination.
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Kendal,_Cumbria,_England
gptkbp:militaryService gptkb:Royal_Engineers
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Wainwright's_Coast_to_Coast_Walk
gptkb:The_Outlying_Fells_of_Lakeland
A Coast to Coast Walk
gptkbp:occupation Author
Illustrator
Walker
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:Blackburn,_Lancashire,_England
gptkbp:placeOfDeath Patterdale,_Cumbria,_England
gptkbp:publishedBy 1955
1966
1970
1980
1985
1990
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Betty_Wainwright