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Professor John Wrightson FCS, MRAC (1840 – 30 November 1916) was a British agriculturalist and the founder of Downton Agricultural College (1880–1906) at Downton in Wiltshire. In 1890 he reputedly became the first person in Britain to surf, under the guidance of two Hawaiian princes, David Kawānanakoa and Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole, who were studying at his college.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Times was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Hawaiian Royals Surf Bridlington – in 1890! – Museum of British Surfing website
  3. ^ Malcolm Gault-Williams, Legendary Surfers: The 1930s, Volume 3, Lulu (2012) – Google Books p. 255

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