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May 7, 2020 · And (who would have guessed) he actually did get married and settled down as a manager of Garrick Theatre in London. The adventures of Thomas Stevens ended in 1935 when he died, aged 80. What a life.
Mar 12, 2017 · On 4th May 1885, Stevens began his journey with a formal start at Edge Hill Church, Liverpool. He cycled across Britain and symbolically passed trough Berkhamsted, his birthplace. Then, Stevens took the ferry from Newhaven to Dieppe and arrived in France. An illustration of Thomas Stevens on his bicycle.
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Thomas Stevens was a prolific adventurer, best known for being the first person to travel around the world on a penny-farthing.
Thomas was born in 1854 in Berkhamsted near London. A restless character with a hunger for adventure, he left his parents at 17 and went to America. He tried a variety of jobs in the American West, and in San Francisco learnt to ride a bicycle, which gave him an idea…
In 1884, aged 29, Thomas left San Francisco on his penny-farthing. In his handlebar bag he had a few clothes, a raincoat and a pocket revolver. He headed towards the Sierra Nevada Mountains and the Nevada desert where, due to the challenging terrain, he was often forced to push his ‘high wheeler,’ and took to wearing a military hard hat to protect ...
Thomas published an account of his trip, began lecture tours around America and became a celebrity. But it wasn’t long before he began to miss his travelling lifestyle. So when the New York World offered him a job as a reporter to search for the missing African explorer Henry Morton Stanley, Thomas jumped at the opportunity. For six months he led a...
In 1895, aged 41, Thomas moved back to Britain and married Frances Vanbrugh, who was from an acting background. He eventually became the manager of the Garrick Theatre in London. He died in 1935 at the age of 80.
Thomas Stevens was a fearless, creative and resourceful adventurer. He travelled to unique locations using different methods of transport, and his descriptive accounts of his travels provide a vivid picture of life in those places at that time.
For a detailed account of Thomas Stevens’ penny-farthing adventure, download the free audio books Around the World on a Bicycle (Volumes 1 and 2) from www.librivox.org. The story of his cycling journey is also being converted to blog form at www.strudel.org.uk.
In 1884, Englishman, Thomas Stevens became the first person to cycle across North America. Mr Stevens cycled, (and sometimes walked), his big-old penny farthing from San Francisco to Boston.
Stevens returned to England around 1895 and married Frances Barnes (née Nation), widowed mother of the actresses Irene and Violet Vanbrugh. He became manager of the Garrick Theatre in London. He died in London of cancer of the bladder and was buried at St Marylebone Cemetery in East Finchley, London. His publications also include:
Thomas Stevens moved to London in 1878 where he directed the London Branch while his two sons, Inger and Harry, continued successful operations in Cox Steet, together with the help of my grandfather, the brother of the founder.
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Jan 21, 2007 · When Tom Stevens stepped off the Alameda Ferry in Oakland to begin his around the world bicycle ride in 1884, there were a couple of things he didn't have to worry about — cars and trucks. Of course, that meant he had to do without roads, too.
