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Captain James Cook
Just some of those
born or raised in
the region who’ve
made their mark on
the world…
Born in Marton (now part of
Middlesbrough), Cook’s three epic
journeys between 1768 and 1779 were the
last great voyages of discovery. He discovered
Captain James Cook.
more of the Earth's surface than anyone in
history. When he embarked on his first journey,
roughly a third of the world’s map remained blank or filled
with imaginary continents. Cook sailed into the void in a small wooden
ship and returned with charts so accurate that some of them stayed in use
until the 1990s. By the time he was killed in Hawaii, he had sailed more
than 200,000 miles – roughly the equivalent to circling the equator eight
times or travelling to the moon.
Brian Clough OBE
Brian Clough
(right) talks
to former
Middlesbrough and
England captain
George Hardwick.
Charismatic, outspoken and often controversial, Clough is considered one
of the greatest managers in English football history. His achievements with
Derby County and Nottingham Forest, two struggling provincial clubs
with little prior history of success, are rated among the greatest in football
history. He led Derby to the league title in 1972 before repeating the feat
with Forest six years later, along with back-to-back European Cups in
1979 and 1980. But Middlesbrough-born Clough first made his name as a
footballer with his hometown club, scoring 204 goals in just 222 games.
Gertrude Bell
A writer, traveller, political officer, administrator and archaeologist, Bell
explored, mapped and influenced British imperial policymaking during
extensive travels through Syria, Mesopotamia, Asia Minor and Arabia
during the early years of the 20th century. The first woman to graduate
from Oxford with a first class degree in Modern History, she is credited
as helping to draw up the modern state of Iraq and is often described as
the female Lawrence of Arabia. Although born in County Durham, she
spent much of her early life in Redcar on Teesside, the daughter of an
industrialist and politician.
Edward Pease
Gertrude Bell.
A wool manufacturer from Darlington, Pease was the
main promoter of the Stockton and Darlington Railway,
opened in 1825. That day after opening to carry freight,
550 passengers were hauled along the line by Robert
Stephenson’s Locomotion No 1, making this the world’s
first steam-powered passenger railway. Along with Stephenson,
Pease is often referred to as the Father of the Railways.
Edward Pease.
John Walker
John Walker.
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Born in Stockton-on-Tees, Walker was an English inventor who created
the friction match. He refused to patent his idea, making it freely available
for anyone to make. He received neither fame nor fortune as a result of his
invention.