George Borrow, Wild Wales: Its People, Language and Scenery
George Borrow was born in Norfolk in 1803. His father was a
soldier and the family moved around. He was educated in
Edinburgh and Norwich. He trained as a lawyer but soon took to
literature, his novels and travel writing drawing on his many
journeys around Britain and Europe. Wild Wales describes a stay
in Llangollen in the summer of 1854, with many hikes through
North Wales, followed by a longer tour to and through South
Wales. Borrow was a noted linguist, speaking Welsh and
discussing the origins of place-names. He died in 1881.