actorBorn: 6/1/1947Birthplace: Holywell, Wales The black-clad man who graced the 1994 Infiniti TV ads with his elegant diction, Pryce won a Tony Award for his Broadway debut in Comedians (1977). He…
(Encyclopedia) Snowdon, Welsh Yr Wyddfa, highest mountain of Wales, 3,560 ft (1,085 m) high, Gwynedd, NW Wales. Its five peaks are separated by passes. There is a rack and pinion railway (opened 1896…
musician, singer, song writerBorn: 8/20/1948Birthplace: West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England Robert Plant's voice helped establish Led Zeppelin as one of rock's legendary bands. Plant started…
actressBorn: 6/28/1948Birthplace: Memphis, Tennessee Academy Award-winning film, stage and television character actress whose films include Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (…
(Reginald Truscott-Jones)actor, directorBorn: 1/3/1905Birthplace: Neath, Wales Milland played bit parts in films in the early 1930s. His career as leading man included popular hits such as The…
(Marilyn Pauline Novak)actressBorn: 2/13/1933Birthplace: Chicago Novak's blonde good looks won her a contract with Columbia, and she debuted in two films in 1954. She quickly became a popular star…
(Encyclopedia) Hywel DdaHywel Ddahŭˈwəl ᵺä [key], or Howel the Good, d. 950?, king of Wales. He brought much of Wales under a single rule and is credited with the codification of Welsh laws. The…
(Encyclopedia) David, Saint, d.588?, patron saint of Wales, first abbot of Menevia (present-day Saint David's). He apparently established a strict rule and was a zealous missionary, founding 12…
(Encyclopedia) Offa's Dyke, ancient entrenchment of W England and E Wales, from the Dee estuary to near the estuary of the Wye River. It was built in the 8th cent. by Offa, king of Mercia, as a…
