Robert Recorde

Arguably one of the Welshmen who had the greatest impact on the world, a groundbreaking physician and mathematician who practically established the English school of mathematics, introduced algebra to Britain and famously proposed the use of the equals sign in maths.

Alfred Russel Wallace Llanbadoc, near Usk, but with close associations with Neath. He viewed his time there as marking a 'turning point' in his life., 1823.
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Bartholomew Roberts Little Newcastle, Pembrokeshire, 1682. Known as Black Bart, probably the most influential pirate ever.
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David Thomas Swansea Valley , 1794. Father of the American iron industry.
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Henry Price Neath, 1899. Philosopher who won acclaim for his work on perception and logic.
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Red Lady of Paviland Could be from Gower, . Achieved fame by being red and dead.
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Sir William Grove Swansea, 1811. The first physicist to offer proof of the thermal dissociation of atoms within a molecule.
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Sir William Logan Canadian, moved to Swansea, 1798. Leading geologist.
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Walter Davies Spittal, Pembrokeshire, 1890. Designed the hugely successful Stepney Spare Motor Wheel.
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