明らかにする／漏らすd: Gentleman tramp known as 'Tea Cosy Pete' who walked 12 miles to return a wallet with £300 in it was a childhood friend of 大司教 Rowan Williams before his life fell apart when he was 拒絶するd from Oxford

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The true 身元 of a tramp known only as 'Tea Cosy Pete' who once walked 12 miles to return a wallet with £300 has been 明らかにする／漏らすd after he died on the streets.

Homeless Brian Burford, 66, spent more than 30 years living rough on the streets of Swansea city centre in むちの跡s and was given the 愛称 by 地元のs for his 独特の woolly hat.

But it was only after his death last month that his real 指名する was 明らかにする／漏らすd by a 検死官 and former classmates and friends （機の）カム 今後 - 含むing ex-大司教 of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams.

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A homeless man, known as 'Tea Cosy Pete', has had his true 身元 明らかにする／漏らすd by a 検死官 after he died. It was 設立する that the tramp, who had lived rough on the streets of Swansea, was a friend of Rowan Williams

It was also 設立する that he was a gifted young scholar but his life spiralled out of 支配（する）／統制する after he was 拒絶するd from Oxford University and then his younger brother tragically died.

Dr Williams said he was 'very sad indeed' to hear of his death and remembered him as a man with '完全にする 正直さ'.?

The Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge, said: 'I remember Brian very vividly from schooldays, and was very sad indeed to hear of his death.

'He was - even as a schoolboy - a 独特の character- very 孤立した a lot of the time, but then 有能な of making some 観察 that surprised everyone.

He …に出席するd Dynevor Grammar School with Rowan Williams. Pictured in their school photograph in 1961 is Mr Burford (third from 権利, 前線 列／漕ぐ／騒動) and also sitting in the 前線 列／漕ぐ／騒動 (fourth left) is Dr Rowan Williams

Rowan Williams, the former 大司教 of Canterbury, said he was 'very saddened' to hear of Mr Burford's death and 解任するd he was a '独特の character' and 'lived his life with 完全にする 正直さ'

'I still 解任する a strange little poem he wrote in class about （人が）群がるs and loneliness - we rather made fun of it at the time, but I realise now how 深く，強烈に it was felt and meant.

'I think he 簡単に saw and experienced life from a different angle from most of us.

'He often had a smile on his 直面する, but it was a smile that ever so わずかに 示唆するd that the joke was on everyone else.

'I think that's how he lived his life - seeing 異なって, with 完全にする 正直さ.'

He was born in Bath and as a 十代の少年少女, he went to Dynevor Grammar School, in Swansea, in the 1960s at the same time as the former 長，率いる of 世界的な Anglican church.

A 記念の service was held in Swansea city centre for Mr Burford and was …に出席するd by hundreds of people

A woman wipes a 涙／ほころび at the 記念の service after the homeless man 崩壊（する）d and died in the city centre

Mr Burford was a talented student from a middle-class background who got eight 最高の，を越す grade 'O' Levels and three Grade 'A' A Levels.

But his 拒絶 from Oxford University and the 早期に death of his brother 法案 sent him on a downward spiral from which he never 回復するd.?

Wayne Llewellyn, who grew up の近くに to Mr Burford's family, said: 'He was a very keen 走者 when he was young and I think he won the Mile race at school and he was very 有望な.

'He had the best 資格s he could get and made an 使用／適用 to Oxford University and very unfortunately for him he was 辞退するd 入ること／参加（者）.

'I believe his 拒絶 にもかかわらず his 最高の，を越す grades may have 与える／捧げるd to his 代案／選択肢 lifestyle.

'Some years later his much loved younger brother 法案, an 優れた rugby player, was killed as a student in London.'

Mr Llewellyn said Mr Burford tried to start as a door to door salesman but drifted to a life on the streets, where he wandered for 35 years, carrying his 所有／入手s and 辞退するing to beg.

Brian Burford (left) became 井戸／弁護士席-known after he walked 12 miles to return a wallet with £300 inside to a man who had dropped it in the city centre the previous evening. Pictured 権利 are floral 尊敬の印s from 地元のs

He became 井戸／弁護士席-known in the 1990s after walking 12 miles to Kittle in Gower, to return a wallet with £300 inside to a man who had lost it in the city centre the previous evening and 辞退するing a reward.

Mr Burford 崩壊（する）d from a 嫌疑者，容疑者／疑うd 一打／打撃 in 城 Square in the city centre and died later in hospital on January 26.

A 抱擁する outpouring of public grief followed his death and hundreds gathered in the city centre for a 記念の service to 支払う／賃金 尊敬の印 to his '正直さ and honesty'.

More than £3,000 has since been raised for a 記念の （法廷の）裁判 in his memory.

A 尊敬の印 paid to him by a Swansea 実業家 on Twitter said: 'Tea Cosy Pete 申し込む／申し出d a 確かな 連続 that made many of us feel at home.

'After long flights from East or South Asia and a train 旅行 from Heathrow, I would often pass through Swansea city centre and see Pete.

'We'd 交流 a 迎える／歓迎するing and I'd すぐに feel that I was 支援する in Swansea.

'He was not a multi-billion dollar philanthropist but instead 奮起させるd people by his simple, gentle and honest ways which in a world driven by ruthless greed was a breath of fresh 空気／公表する.'?

A 尊敬の印 left at the 記念の service for Mr Burford, whose life spiralled out of 支配（する）／統制する after he was 拒絶するd from Oxford University and tragically lost his younger brother