Saturday, August 30 2008
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People

Here are some famous, and some not so well-known, figures from the Wakefield District.

Henry Clarke
Wakefield Prison Surgeon and artist
Sir Martin Frobisher
The famous Elizabethan seaman.
George Gissing
The Wakefield born Victorian novelist.
Walter Hampson
The life and work of the Normanton author
John Harrison
Inventor of the marine chronometer
Barbara Hepworth
The Wakefield born sculptor
Henry Moore
The Castleford born sculptor.
Colonel John Morris
The Civil War story of a soldier from South Elmsall
Ben Thompson
Brief outline of the life of a wild west legend from Knottingley
Charles Waterton
Naturalist and eccentric.
'Prophet' John Wroe
Founder of the Society of Christian Israelites; charismatic and eccentric religious leader
John Carr
Celebrated architect from Horbury
Robin Hood
The legendary medieval outlaw and archer ... fact or fiction?
Stan Barstow
Ossett born novelist and script-writer. Famous for novels and films such as 'Joby' and 'A Kind of Loving'.