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- Description: Alfred Henry Tipper, an eccentric Australian, inventor, painter, and avid cyclist, began wandering the world in 1887. In 1908, he left Australia with just 1 penny in his pocket and returned six years later having covered 85'000 miles (136'794 km) and with 6 pounds and 6 pence in his pocket. In 1924, he traveled 85'000 miles aboard a Ford van remodeled into the shape of a horse
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: The Wonderful Man, Professor Tipper
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Australia
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1867-1944
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Various, Diversi, Différents
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
- Internet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Tipper
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4723528
Alfred Henry Tipper (1867-1944), cyclist and showman, was born on 12 July 1867 at Sale, Victoria, second son of Thomas Tipper, a grocer from England, and his Irish-born wife Catherine, née Chadwick. Alfred claimed to have been abandoned by his parents at the age of 2 and brought up as a ward of the state. In his youth he worked on a dairy farm and also acquired a considerable knowledge of mechanics. He took up competitive cycling in the 1880s, during the early stages of the boom in that sport.
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