David Austin (1) (1926–2018)
Autor(a) de David Austin's English Roses: Glorious New Roses for American Gardens
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About the Author
David Charles Henshaw Austin was born in Albrighton, England on February 16, 1926. He became a self-taught horticulturist, rose breeder, and author. He began the process of creating hybrids while he worked as a farmer. By 1961, he had developed his first hybrid rose the Constance Spry. He gave up mostrar mais farming to start his own full-time business in 1969. In 1983, he introduced three English Rose varieties and his business grew. He created more than 200 hybrid roses and his company's seedlings and flowers are sold around the world. He received the Order of the British Empire in 2007 for services to horticulture. His books included The Heritage of the Rose, The English Roses, and The Breathing Earth. He died on December 18, 2018 at the age of 92. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
Image credit: David Austin in 2012.
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Conhecimento Comum
- Nome de batismo
- Austin, David Charles Henshaw
- Data de nascimento
- 1926-02-16
- Data de falecimento
- 2018-12-18
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- UK
- Local de nascimento
- Albrighton, Shropshire, England, UK
- Local de falecimento
- Albrighton, Shropshire, England, UK
- Locais de residência
- Shropshire, England, UK
- Educação
- Shrewsbury School
- Ocupação
- rose breeder
horticulturist
non-fiction author - Premiações
- Order of the British Empire (Officer, 2007)
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- Also by
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- Membros
- 478
- Popularidade
- #51,587
- Avaliação
- 4.2
- Resenhas
- 3
- ISBNs
- 85
- Idiomas
- 5
- Favorito
- 1