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Wales
Questions related to Wales, the mountainous country in the west of the island of Britain, which is part of the United Kingdom. It is known as Cymru in the Welsh language.
1,626 Questions
What does Wales money look like and what is it called?
Wales has the same money as England, based on the British Pound.
Is the population 275 million in Wales?
No, that is more than 4 times the population of the entire the United Kingdom. Wales has a population, according to the last census in 2001, of around 2.94 million.
How many hours from Hull to Wales?
It obviously depends on... where in Wales your destination is, what form of transport you travel by, what route you take and how fast you travel.
How do you say ladies and gentlemen in Welsh?
It's gentlemen and ladies in welsh
"boneddigion a boneddigesau"
How did England and Wales rivelry begin?
A number of kingdoms formed in the area now called Wales in the post-Roman period. While the most powerful ruler was acknowledged as King of the Britons (later Tywysog Cymru: Leaderor Prince of Wales), and some rulers extended their control over other Welsh territories and into western England, none were able to unite Wales for long. Internecine struggles and external pressure from the English and later, the Norman conquerors of England, led to the Welsh kingdoms coming gradually under the sway of the English crown. In 1282, the death of Llywelyn the Last led to the conquest of the Principality of Wales by King Edward I of England; afterwards, the heir apparent to the English monarch has borne the title "Prince of Wales". The Welsh launched several revolts against English rule, the last significant one being that led by Owain Glyndŵr in the early 15th century. In the 16th century Henry VIII, himself of Welsh extraction, passed the Laws in Wales Acts aiming to fully incorporate Wales into the Kingdom of England. Under England's authority, Wales became part of the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707 and then the United Kingdom in 1801. Yet, the Welsh retained their language and culture in spite of heavy English dominance. The publication of the extremely significant first Welsh translation of the Bible by William Morgan in 1588 greatly advanced the position of Welsh as a literary language.
What is the purpose of drama in Wales?
Drama in Wales serves exactly the same purposes as it does elsewhere, to inform and entertain.
Who was Arthur Tudor Prince Wales supposed to marry?
Henry VII's eldest son - Arthur, Prince of Wales - was originally married to Katherine of Aragon.
When Arthur died, Henry VII (a notorious tightwad) did not want to return the dowry - so Katherine was married for a second time to Arthur's kid brother, Henry VIII.
Katherine always claimed that her first marriage had never been consummated.
Is Welsh the adjective of Wales?
Welsh is the adjectival form of the country of Wales, just as Americans is the adjectival form of the word America. Welsh is also used as an identifying noun. Examples below: Adjective: The Welsh school boy wrote a poem about his mother. Noun: The Welsh are a proud people and love their home country of Wales.
How did they clean up Aberfan?
The site was cleared and all signs of the school and slurry removed to other areas. The streets were also clean through. After a long fight the villages forced the removal of the remaining tips having had to pay for that removal.
Who is the most famous Welsh scienceist?
Here is a list of some welsh scientists
Alfred Wallace
Conferred with Darwin (and Darwin with him) regarding evolution of species and acknowledged as theory co -founder by Darwin in his 'On the Origin of Species'.
Ronald Lockley
Famous naturalist and author. Best known for his life on Skokholm Island off Pembrokeshire 1927-1940 and at Orielton in 1950's early 1960's.
Herbert Stuart
Developed and patented a compression ignition engine by 1885. Diesel only had his version working twelve years later in 1897.
Donald Davies
Proposed and developed packet switching an important part of the internet.
Bill Frost
Welsh carpenter who patented the aeroplane in 1894 and took to the skies in a powered flying machine the following year, eight years before the Wright brothers attempt at Kitty Hawk.
Harry Grindell-Matthews
Wacky inventor of so called 'Death Ray' and various electrical devices including burglar alarms, projectors and automatic street lighting.
Sir Tudor Thomas
World famous Welsh eye surgeon from Cardiff. He Pioneered ophthalmic corneaplasty in the 1930's.
Pryce Pryce-Jones
Gave mail-order (catalogue) shopping to the world.(circa 1859)
William Grove
Invented the Fuel Cell.
Dudson
Invented the DUDSON Valve (the needle type) used to inflate sports balls everywhere.
Robert Recorde
Very influential physician and mathematician. Robert published some of the most important books of his era including the first English language book on Algebra which incidentally is where the equals symbol is first seen in use! He achieved high office too, being not only the king's physician but also the controller of the Royal Mint (which is now based in Pontyclun, South Wales).
As is true today, positions of power attract enemies and sadly it was his high profile that lead to his downfall. Robert was broken by a law suit and as a bankrupt was sent to debtours jail at Southwark where he died.
Dr Richard Pryce
Was developer of the times tables as a teaching aid and re-introduced cremation to Britain.
Francis Lewis
Signatory of the US 'Declaration of Independence' as one of the representatives from New York.
Eddie Bowen
Pioneer of Radar. Worked at 'Woomera Rocket Testing Base' in Australia. Invented artificial rain in the 1950's.
Terence Matthews
'Mitel' and 'Newbridge' Networks founder. Billionaire.
Edward Lloyd
Fellow of Jesus College Oxford. Keeper of the Ashmolean Museum and the foremost Celtic scholar of his time.
Samuel Jones
Inventor, writer and Mayor of Toledo, Ohio, USA.
Ernest Jones
He introduced psychoanalysis into Britain and North America.
Sir Clifford Darby
Geographer and leader in promoting the relationships between geography and other subjects. Knighted in 1988.
Earl Bertrand Russell
Philosopher, mathematician and the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1950. Russell is one of the most highly regarded academics of the 20th century. Helped perhaps by a great sense of humour, he popularized the mathematics and proposed many ground breaking theories. As significant as they are, his theories were not entirely responsible for his reputation. He felt free to comment at an international level on matters as diverse as the Cold War, Kennedy's assassination and the Vietnam War. So much so, that at the height of his reputation many of his devout followers regarded him as a guru.
Martha Cannon
A pioneer in Women and Children's medicine. The State of Utah's Health Department is named in her honour.
Brian Trubshaw
Test Pilot for Concorde.
William Jones
A noted mathematician, published author and early naval navigator. First to use 'Pi' (1706) as a mathematical symbol. He was a friend of Isaac Newton and Edmund Halley. Father of William Jones the philologist who identified the Indo-European language group which connects many early languages (Sanskrit, Greek, Latin - even Welsh) together.
David Hughes
First transmission of radio waves. Inventor of the microphone and printing telegraph system. A musician and philosopher.
Brian Josephson
Nobel prize winning physicist; gave his name to 'Josephson Effects'.
Evan Williams
Distinguished physicist, discoverer of the Meson Particle.
John Houghton
Distinguished meteorologist. Inspiration behind major international conferences on global warming (Rio, Kyoto, Buenos Aires).
Dyfrig Jones
Theory of 'Planetary Radiation'.
Thomas Morgan
Nobel prize for medicine 1933. A pioneer in genetics.
Wendell Stanley
Nobel prize for Chemistry.
David Brunt
Pioneer of modern meteorology; head of Meteorological Office, secretary of Royal Society.
Isaac Roberts
He pioneered deep space photography at the end of the nineteenth century.
Frank Hope-Jones
Developed the 'Synchronize' electric clock system. He devised the 'pip' time signal first broadcast by the BBC and later by most of the world's major broadcasting organisations.
John Chiplin
Founded 'Geneformatics', leading biotech company in 1999. Founded 'Newstar Music' 1995 and creative vehicle for the band, 'Vita Nuova'.
Sir John Thomas (Prof)
Former Director of the Royal Institution. Previously held Chair of Physical Sciences at Cambridge. Before that Professor and Head of Chemistry Department at Aberystwyth. Member of the Bardic Circle of the National Eisteddfod.
Yale
The Inventors of Yale Locks.
Kevin Morgan
Groundbreaking work in the field of Pharmaceutical powder compacting.
Edward Roberts
Biochemistry
Sir Chris Evans
Britain's most colourful biotech entrepreneur, 'The Welsh wizard'.
Laurence Matthews
He was a scientist who helped clone the first sheep who became known as Dolly.
Gaynor Morgan
Inventing and patenting the 'inco-stop'.
John Maddox
Knighted for services to science. Author of several books.
Alan Beckwith
Films include 'The China Syndrome' in 1979. TV series including 'The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case' and 'From here to Eternity'.
John Ddu
The outstanding British scientist of his time. Founder of the new school of English mathematical scientists in 1500's. One of the greatest polymaths of all time.
Bernard Knight
Forensic pathologist, barrister and writer. Creator of the 'Crowner John' series, historic crime fiction. As a forensic pathologist, worked on the infamous Fred West case, recovering all twelve bodies!
Ernest Willows
Pioneering aviator. In 1910 became the first person to cross the English channel in airship.
Richard Roberts
Textile machinery, railway locomotives and other industrial inventions.
Thomas Davies
Along with his brother Walter he invented the 'Stepney Spare Wheel' used on almost all early motor cars.
William Morgan
Inventor of the Vacuum Tube, Coolidge Tube, Britain's first actuary, founding father of modern actuarial science, and wait for it! The discoverer of x-rays, a hundred and ten years before Roentgen!
John Jeffreys
He was one of the greatest conchologists (someone who studies shells) of the 19th century. His main set of five books is much sought after as a collector's item. His collection became the world's greatest for the time. He helped pioneer deep-sea dredging. He corresponded with men like Charles Darwin and was involved with a number of scientific associations
Willam Jones
A brilliant linguist William studied and eventually related the Indo European language family which connects Greek, Latin and even Welsh! He also met with Ben Franklin to discuss a peaceful settlement in the American War of Independence.
Alan Cox
Alan Cox (born 1968) is a programmer heavily involved in the development of the linux kernel since its early days (1991). He then became one of the main developers and maintainers of the whole kernel. This is an extremely important contribution to the 'Open Source' software community.
Sir William Preece
William Henry Preece was an electrical engineer who was a major figure in the development and introduction of wireless telegraphy and the telephone in Great Britain.
Steve Jones
Professor of genetics at the Galton Laboratory and University College, London.
John Lloyd
According to 'Kremers and Urdang's History of Pharmacy' was 'one of the greatest pharmacists and chemists America has ever had'. Won three Ebert Prizes and Remington Medal. Served as president of American Pharmaceutical Association 1887 to 1888. Numerous inventions.
Archie Cochrane
Founder of Cochrane Collaboration, Cochrane library, Cochrane reviews. UK Cochrane Centre in Oxford.
Jerry Davies
Jerry founded Davies Veterinary Specialists, one of the most successful veterinary referral hospitals in Europe.
Sir Clement Thomas
Surgeon to the late king
Michael Moritz
Michael is a venture capitalist with sequoia capital in California. And a former member of the board of google inc. His Internet investments include google, youtube, etoys, eBay, yahoo! , paypal and Apple computers. His investment in google has made him one of Wales' richest men.
John Guest
John guest was the only surviving son of Thomas Guest an iron-master, he took over his fathers company in Merthyr in 1807. Guest was a shrewd businessman by the 1830's the Dowlais ironworks was the largest in the world.
John Davies
He was an athlete and winner of a Gold Medal in 4x400m relay at the Antwerp summer Olympics in 1920.
Inigo Jones
A meteorologist and farmer. In 1874 Jone's parents migrated to Australia, settling on a property called Crohamhurst in the glass house mountains north of Brisbane in eastern Queensland. He became interested in meteorology while working on the family farm.
Neil Walker
For his work in the creation and development of the Intel corporation responsible for the Intel processors.
Jane Matthews
Invention of a new product, PlugPal and development through to marketing of product and sales. It gained a Bronze Medal at the Prestigious International Exhibition of Inventions.
Dr Lyn Evans
Dr Lyn Evans CBE is leader of the large hadron collider project. Dr Evans gained his PHD from the University of Swansea in 1970 and became a research fellow at CERN in the same year. He is a fellow of the American Physical Society, a fellow of the University of Wales.
Dr Evan Pierce
Fought cholera epidemic in Denbigh. Advisor to Queen Victoria. Coroner for Denbighshire. Alderman, JP and Mayor of Denbigh five times.
Started local fire brigade. There was a large statue of him erected during his life in Denbigh. Died 1895. Whole town turned out to see his funeral.
Alderman
What is the leader of Wales called?
That depends on how you define 'leader'.
Presently (February 2012) HM Queen Elizabeth II is the monarch.
David Cameron is the Prime Minister of the UK (which includes Wales)
Carwyn Jones is the first minister of the devolved 'government' of Wales.
In what country is Mount Snowdon?
Mount Snowdon is located in the Snowdon mountain range of North-East Wales, and is the highest mointain in Wales. It lies within the Snowdonia national Park, which covers most of the North West part of the country.
Exact co-ordinates are 53 degrees 4'6.59' North, 4 degrees 4'34.43' west.
What are the 5 top populated cities in Wales?
Wales only has six cities in total, they are (in population order):
- Cardiff with a population of around 335,000
- Swansea with a population of around 180,000
- Newport with a population of around 130,000
- Bangor with a population of around 17,000
- St. Asaph with a population of around 3,000
- St. Davids with a population of around 1,400
Fun fact: St. Davids is the smallest city in the United Kingdom.
Is Wales the most united country in Wales?
Wales is one country in there are thirteen counties not 'countries': Blaenau Gwent, Bridgend, Caerphilly, Cardiff, Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Gwynedd, Isle of Anglesey, Merthyr Tydfil, Monmouthshire, Neath Port Talbot, Newport, Pembrokeshire, Powys, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Swansea, Torfaen, Vale of Glamorgan, Wrexham. There are NOunited countries in Wales. It's part of Britain.
