Name Thomas Holding | ||
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Died 1930, London, United Kingdom Books Uniforms of the British Army, Navy and Court | ||
Thomas Hiram Holding (1844 – 1930 ) was a British traveling tailor and often considered the founder of modern camping. He wrote the first edition of The Camper's Handbook in 1908 and founded the Association of Cycle Campers, now the Camping and Caravanning Club.
His passion for camping developed as a child when he crossed the United States with his parents in a wagon train.
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