Alfred Watkins, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Alfred Watkins

English author, archaeologist, antiquarian and businessman

Date of Birth: 15-Apr-1855

Place of Birth: Hereford, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 15-Apr-1935

Profession: photographer, writer, inventor, beekeeper

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Alfred Watkins (27 January 1855 – 15 April 1935) was an English author, self-taught amateur archaeologist, antiquarian and businessman who, while standing on a hillside in Herefordshire, England, in 1921 experienced a revelation and noticed on the British landscape the apparent arrangement of straight lines positioned along ancient features, and subsequently coined the term "ley", now usually referred to as ley line, because the line passed through places whose names contained the syllable "ley".