Alfred Wainwright – Alfred Wainwright was born in Blackburn in 1907, at the age of 23 he went on holiday to the Lake District for a week and fell in love with the Lakelands right away.
John Ruskin – John Ruskin was born on the 8th of February 1819. He was a poet, artist, critic, social revolutionary and conservationist.
Sir Hugh Walpole – Hugh Walpole was born in New Zealand in 1884 and came to England when he was 5 years old.
William Wordsworth – William Wordsworth was born on the 7th of April 1770 in Cockermouth.
Beatrix Potter – Beatrix Potter was born on the 28th of July 1866 in South Kensington, London.
