BBC - Mid Wales Hall of Fame

23 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.

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Owen Thomas Jones

Pryce Pryce-Jones

Rachel Rowlands

Robert Owen

Sir George Everest

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