Fred Hando

Fred Hando
Born
Frederick James Hando

(1888-03-23)23 March 1888
Died17 February 1970(1970-02-17) (aged 81)
St. Joseph's Nursing Home, Newport, Monmouthshire, UK
NationalityBritish
Occupations
  • Headteacher
  • writer
  • artist
Known forPublications on history of Monmouthshire
Children

Frederick James Hando MBE (23 March 1888 – 17 February 1970) was a Welsh writer, artist and schoolteacher from Newport. He chronicled the history, character and folklore of Monmouthshire, which he also called Gwent, in a series of nearly 800 newspaper articles and several books published between the 1920s and 1960s.