Beryl Markham, Kenyan horse trainer and author (died 1986)

Beryl Markham

British writer, aviator, adventurer, racehorse trainer (1902–1986)

Beryl Markham was a Kenyan aviator born in England, adventurer, racehorse trainer and author. She was the first person to fly solo, non-stop across the Atlantic from Britain to North America. She wrote about her adventures in her memoir, West with the Night.