BBC - Mid Wales Hall of Fame

11 November 2009
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Innovators

The place to talk about innovators - past and present - who have connections with Mid Wales. Select your favourite or use this form to nominate another.

Owen Thomas Jones First professor of geology at Aberystwyth, a world figure in his science and arguably the greatest geologist Wales has ever produced.	Pryce Pryce-Jones Newtown businessman who introduced mail order shopping to the world
Rachel Rowlands Co-founder of one of the UK's leading organic food companies	Robert Owen Born in Newtown, Owen was Britain's first "Socialist" and a leading figure in the Industrial Revolution
Sir George Everest Powys-born Surveyor-General of India after whom the highest mountain in the world was named.

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Do you know of any other Mid Wales pioneers who should be in this section? Tell us as you can about them and we could add their details to the site.

Innovators

Owen Thomas Jones

Pryce Pryce-Jones

Rachel Rowlands

Robert Owen

Sir George Everest

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