Arthur Uther Pendragon, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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British activist
Date of Birth: 05-Apr-1954
Place of Birth: Wakefield, England, United Kingdom
Profession: environmentalist
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Aries 
About Arthur Uther Pendragon
- Arthur Uther Pendragon (born John Timothy Rothwell, 5 April 1954) is a British eco-campaigner, Neo-Druid leader, media personality, and self-declared reincarnation of King Arthur, a name by which he is also known.
- Pendragon was the "battle chieftain" of the Council of British Druid Orders. Born to a working-class family, Pendragon served in the British Army's Royal Hampshire Regiment before being discharged following an injury.
- Identifying as a greaser, he formed a biker club known as the Gravediggers, moving in counter-cultural circles at free festivals around Britain.
- After reading a book on King Arthur by the occultist Gareth Knight, he came to believe that he was the reincarnation of the legendary king and changed his name by deed poll.
- He formed the Loyal Arthurian Warband out of his supporters and began describing himself as a Druid.
- Angered that English Heritage charged entry to visit Stonehenge, an archaeological site in Wiltshire, between 1990 and 1991 he picketed outside the site on a daily basis.
- Later that decade he joined various eco-protests against road development across Britain and, with the Council of British Druid Orders, campaigned for open access to Stonehenge during the solstices.
- For several years, Pendragon engaged in direct action protests and was repeatedly arrested.
- English Heritage agreed to implement open access at the solstice in 2000.
- Pendragon later focused on campaigning for the return of human remains removed from Stonehenge by archaeologists in 2008.
- He continued to call for free access to the site.
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