Question: Facts: - known for: ley lines , '' the old straight track '' - caption: alfred watkins - death date: 15 april 1935 - ethnicity: caucasian - spouse: marion mendham cross - parents: charles watkins , ann watkins - children: allen , marion - birth date: 27 january 1855 - name: alfred watkins - image size: 150px - nationality: british - image: alfred_watkins . jpg - birth place: imperial hotel in widemarsh street , hereford , england - occupation: photographer , author Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of alfred watkins .
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alfred watkins -lrb- 27 january 1855 -- 15 april 1935 -rrb- was an english author , self-taught amateur archaeologist , antiquarian and businessman who , while standing on a hillside in herefordshire , england , in 1921 experienced a revelation and noticed on the british landscape the apparent arrangement of straight lines positioned along ancient features , and subsequently coined the term '' ley '' , now usually referred to as ley line , because the line passed through places whose names contained the syllable '' ley '' .