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  2. Sir Athelstan Joseph Michael Eavis CBE (born 17 October 1935) is an English dairy farmer and the co-creator of the Glastonbury Festival, which takes place at his farm in Pilton, Somerset.

  3. Apr 23, 2024 · The founder of Glastonbury Festival has received a knighthood for services to music and charity. Michael Eavis hosted the first festival on Worthy Farm in Somerset in 1970. It is the largest ...

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  5. Jun 25, 2022 · Eavis grew up on Worthy Farm and joined the British merchant navy as a young man. He returned to the farm at the age of 19 following the death of his father. In 1970, 16 years after inheriting...

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  6. Michael Eavis was born in 1935 and grew up on Worthy Farm in Pilton, Somerset. He attended Wells Cathedral School and then went to HMS Worcester (now the Thames Nautical Training College). At the age of 17, he joined the Union-Castle Line as a trainee midshipman.

  7. Age 88 years old. About. Known for founding the famous Glastonbury Festival, an annual music event held on the grounds of his dairy farm, this English agriculturist and businessman also pursued a political career, representing the Labour Party in a 1997 election. Before Fame.

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    • October 17, 1935
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  8. Oct 17, 2017 · 14Aged 15, he left school to join Union Castle Shipping Line as a trainee midshipman, spending four years plying the routes between Britain, Kenya and South Africa. 15 - He was 19 when his...

  9. Dec 29, 2023 · Glastonbury co-founder Michael Eavis has been given a knighthood in the New Year Honours. The dairy farmer, 88, who first hosted the Pilton Pop, Blues & Folk Festival at Worthy Farm in 1970,...

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