Cornwall's own - John Van der Kiste

Engineer and inventor Richard Trevithick, chemist Sir Humphrey Davy, artist John Opie, historian A.L. Rowse, poet Charles Causley, opera singer Benjamin Luxon, broadcaster Angela Rippon, actor John Nettles and drummer Mick Fleetwood are among well-known personalities through the ages who have been born in Cornwall. The county can claim many more who spent much of their lives here and left their mark on the area, including potter Bernard Leach, Eden Project founder Tim Smit, authors Daphne Du Maurier and John Le Carre, Wing Commander Guy Gibson VC, and artists Stanhope Forbes and Terry Frost. Cornwall's Own features mini-biographies of all these fascinating people and many more, and is sure to appeal to anyone interested in the county's history.