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Alfred Wainwright

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English walker and writer

Why Is Alfred Wainwright Influential?

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According to Wikipedia, Alfred Wainwright MBE , who preferred to be known as A. Wainwright 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 long-distance footpath devised by Wainwright which remains popular today.

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What Are Alfred Wainwright's Academic Contributions?

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