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Writing & Arts
Patrick Howard Nowell-Smith
1914–2006Philosopher, 1914-2006
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Photo: geni · CC BY-SA 3.0Famous people · Polzeath and Trebetherick, Cornwall
Patrick Howard Nowell-Smith is the only name on the Polzeath and Trebetherick list
Patrick Howard Nowell-Smith was born in 1914. That places their birth in the 20th century. Readers can find them written up in 2 languages. A short trip away, Bodmin (11 mi) counts 22 famous people, E. A. Wallis Budge among them.
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Patrick Howard Nowell-Smith
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First
1914
Patrick Howard Nowell-Smith
Most common field
Writing & Arts
1 people
The best known
Born in Polzeath and Trebetherick
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The most names next door are in Bodmin: 22.
Questions about famous people from Polzeath and Trebetherick
Who is the most famous person from Polzeath and Trebetherick?
Patrick Howard Nowell-Smith (philosopher, 1914-2006) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 2 languages.
How many famous people were born in Polzeath and Trebetherick?
1 people born in Polzeath and Trebetherick have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 2 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Polzeath and Trebetherick known for?
Among its famous people, writers and artists: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 12% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Polzeath and Trebetherick?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Polzeath and Trebetherick’s built-up area (the ONS 2022 boundary), a hospital or district within it included, whose English Wikipedia article agrees. People who only lived here, adult performers and people known mainly for crimes aren’t listed.
Why is someone missing?
Their Wikidata birthplace may be a bigger area (“London”), another town, or missing, or their article may give no birthplace. We only list people both sources agree on; editing Wikidata or Wikipedia changes this page at the next refresh.
From Wikidata (CC0: birthplaces, descriptions, years, occupations) and English Wikipedia (each person’s article confirms the birthplace; linked, not quoted). Birthplaces are placed in the town by the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary (Office for National Statistics, Open Government Licence v3.0). Ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. Fields are read from Wikidata’s description and occupations. “The usual town”: everyone listed across UK towns. Portraits: each person’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (3)
- E. A. Wallis Budge: Unknown photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Liane Collot d’Herbois: IONA-Archiv, Owingen, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, Wikimedia Commons
- Philip Gross: WanderingTrad, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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