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Frederick James "Fred" Hando MBE (23 March 1888 – 17 February 1970) was a Welsh writer, artist and schoolteacher from Newport who chronicled the history, character and folklore of Monmouthshire (which he also called Gwent), in a series of over 800 articles and several books published between the 1920s and 1960s. ==Biography== Hando was born in Maindee, Newport, the son of a postmaster Alfred and his wife Miriam, and attended school there.〔 He had two younger brothers, Frank and Harry. He trained at Borough Road College, London, before returning to Newport as a teacher.〔W.J. Townsend Collins, ''Monmouthshire Writers'', R.H. Johns Ltd., Newport, 1945, pp.118–120〕 In the First World War he served as a gunnery officer in the Royal Engineers.〔''Introduction'', in Chris Barber (ed.), ''Hando's Gwent: a centenary tribute'', Blorenge Books, 1987, ISBN 0-9510444-5-1, pp.7–11〕 〔The Hando family came from North Curry in Somerset. In the 18th century part of the family emigrated to Australia. The parents died en route, however, and their two five-year-old sons arrived in Australia as orphans. There are hundreds of their descendants in Australia today (see Barber, 1987).〕 Hando married Alice Stanton, the daughter of a Newport builder, and the couple had two children – Margaret and John. Alice died while still young and after a number of years Hando married again to Daisy, a staff member at his school. The couple soon had a son, Robert.〔 His interest in local history was given an impetus when he was asked to provide sketches to illustrate Sir Joseph Bradney's multi-volume ''History of Monmouthshire'',〔''Memories of Fred Hando'', in Barber (ed.), pp.189–193〕 and his first articles about Monmouthshire were published in the ''South Wales Argus'' in 1922.〔( Newport Local History Society: List of articles by Fred Hando published in the ''South Wales Argus'' ). Accessed 9 February 2012〕 In total, he contributed 795 articles to the newspaper between then and 13 February 1970, a few days before his death.〔 Many of his articles and drawings were republished in anthologies of his work.〔 In his early writings, Hando was particularly interested in ley lines and the alignment of the sun with stone circles. He said that he wanted to add to what was already on the map and that by studying leys he could reach back in history far beyond Roman Britain. In 1925 he was appointed as the first headmaster of Hatherleigh Road school in Newport, where one of his pupils was Johnny Morris, later a noted radio and television presenter. Hando adopted an open and progressive teaching style at the school and was described by a Miriam Andrews, a former teacher at the school, as "a wonderful headmaster and he made the children very proud of Hatherleigh." Recalling his time at Hatherleigh, Morris wrote, in 1987:
Hando was also organist and choirmaster at Summerhill Baptist Church for many years.〔 In 1953 he was awarded the MBE for services to education and to Monmouthshire.〔 Hando died on 17 February 1970, at St. Joseph's Nursing Home, at the age of 81. His last article, on ''District and Street Names'', appeared in the South Wales Argus just four days before he died.〔 After his death the Monmouthshire Local History Council set up several "Hando seats" at viewpoints in the county that he had considered to be particularly fine.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fred Hando」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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