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Born in 1977 he began sailing at the age of 8 with his family in Restronguet, Cornwall. Within a few years he was winning sailing championships not only locally but at international level, culminating in a silver medal at his first Olympic Games in 1996, aged 19. Going on in following years to win Olympic Gold not once, but three times making him Britain’s most successful Olympic sailor ever! Ben has continued to achieve success as a world class sailor, receiving many awards and accolades including a CBE, ISAF World Sailor of the Year three times and British Yachtsman of the Year five times.

Richard Trevithick
Born 1771 in Camborne. He was an inventor and mining engineer, his most significant success was the high pressure steam engine which he then used to build a full-scale working steam locomotive – the first car! ‘Puffing Devil’ carried several men through Camborne to Beacon, inspiring the traditional Cornish song ‘Camborne Hill’.
His inventions and business ventures took him all over the world, but he eventually died penniless aged 62 and was buried in an unmarked grave in Kent. A statue depicting Trevithick holding one of his small-scale models now stands beside the public library at Camborne.

SUMMER SHOWS – 22 JUNE TO 02 JULY 2010 (Woodlane & Tremough Campuses)

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From our HA Calendar 2010

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William Murdoch, (1754 –1839), a Scotsman working in the mining industry in Cornwall in the late 1700s was an extremely talented engineer and innovator. His most famous invention was the application of gas lighting for domestic houses to replace tallow and oil lamps. With the first domestic residence in Britain to be lit by gas being Murdoch’s own house in Redruth in 1792. The town has an Annual Murdoch Day in June celebrating his significant contributions.