What is Michael Eavis?
{{Infobox person | name = Michael Eavis<br /><small>[[Order of the British Empire|CBE]]</small> | image = Michael-Eavis-Glastonbury-2005-2.jpg | caption = Eavis in 2005 | birth_name = Athelstan Joseph Michael Eavis | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1935|10|17}} | birth_place = [[Pilton, Somerset|Pilton]], [[Somerset]], [[UK]] | death_date = | death_place = | death_cause = | other_names = | occupation = Farmer, businessman | known_for = Founding [[Glastonbury Festival]] | years_active = | spouse = | parents = Michael and Jean Eavis | children = [[Emily Eavis]] and four others }} '''Michael Eavis''' [[Order of the British Empire|CBE]]<ref name=londgazette>{{cite web|title=To be Ordinary Commanders of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order|url=http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/58358/supplements/7|work=London Gazette (Supplement No. 1)|access-date=25 June 2013|page=7|date=16 June 2007|archive-date=6 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130606181830/http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/58358/supplements/7|url-status=dead}}</ref> (born '''Athelstan Joseph Michael Eavis'''; 17 October 1935) is an English dairy farmer. He is the founder of the [[Glastonbury Festival]], which takes place at his farm in [[Pilton, Somerset]]. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk/ Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts] * [http://www.bbc.co.uk/somerset/content/articles/2005/07/21/michael_eavis_interview_feature.shtml Interview with Michael Eavis (July 2005)] {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Eavis, Michael}} [[Category:1935 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:English businesspeople]] [[Category:People from Somerset]]