Alfred Wainwright

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For the South African cricketer, see Alfred Wainwright (cricketer).

Alfred Wainwright
Born(1907-01-17)17 January 1907
Blackburn, Lancashire, England
Died20 January 1991(1991-01-20) (aged 84)
Cumbria, England
Occupation
  • Accountant
  • walker
  • writer
  • illustrator
  • cartographer
GenreMountain topography

Alfred Wainwright MBE (17 January 1907 – 20 January 1991), who preferred to be known as A. Wainwright[1] or A.W., was a British fellwalker, guidebook author and illustrator. His seven-volume Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells, published between 1955 and 1966 and consisting entirely of reproductions of his manuscript, has become the standard reference work to 214 of the fells of the English Lake District. Among his 40-odd other books is the first guide to the Coast to Coast Walk, a 182-mile (293-kilometre) long-distance footpath devised by Wainwright which remains popular today.

  1. ^ "Alfred Wainwright: Grumpy, reclusive and eccentric". The Independent. 2 July 2005. Archived from the original on 28 February 2009. Retrieved 19 June 2021.