Arthur Westlake Andrews (12 December 1868 – 22 November 1959) was a British geographer, poet, rock-climber, mountaineer and amateur

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and

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player. He was the son of clergyman and amateur geologist William Ryton Andrews and writer Marian Andrews. They lived in

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, Wiltshire, from 1873 to 1892, and here Arthur spent his childhood climbing trees and walking on the hills. He trained as a

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(FRGS 1896), and became a teacher of geography and history in Southwark. In 1913 he published "a text-book of geography", reprinted in 1922.

Climber

As a climber, his first contribution appears to have been, in 1899, the route now called 'Andrews' renne' on Storen,

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. He is especially remembered for two later climbing contributions: for his co-authorship, with J. M. A. Thomson in 1909 of the first rock-climbing guide-book, to the cliffs of

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, in

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; and for being the 'father' of Cornish sea cliff climbing, beginning with an early ascent (1902) of the ''Bosigran Ridge Climb'' (aka Commando Ridge ) followed by ''Ledge Climb'' (also Bosigran) in 1905. With E. C. Pyatt he later produced the first official (

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) Cornish climbing guide, in 1950. He is also believed to have had a project to traverse all the British coastline, between the high and low water marks, aided where necessary by a rope, starting in Cornwall.

Tennis

He once reached the semi- finals of the men’s singles at

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Badminton

He was a regular competitor at the

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first appearing at the 1905 All England Badminton Championships and last appearing at the 1923 All England Badminton Championships.

Poetry

In later years he appears to have turned to poetry inspired by the scenery of

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, Cornwall.

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