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Frederick George Preston
Frederick George Preston (23 July 1882- 8 January 1964) was a British gardener, the Superintendent at Cambridge University Botanic Garden from 1919 to 1947. Early life Preston was born at Warborough, South Oxfordshire. He was in service as a domestic gardener in his local area for eight years. Career In 1904, he entered Kew Gardens as a student-gardener, where he remained until 1909. He then worked at Cambridge Botanic Garden, being appointed the first Superintendent (previously the position was "Curator") in 1919, supporting the Director, first Richard Irwin Lynch, then Humphrey Gilbert-Carter for nearly thirty years in a "happy partnership". He was active in many horticultural societies, such as the Royal Horticultural Society and Alpine Garden Society, as well as external examiner at Wisley and judge at flower shows. He contributed several articles for horticultural periodicals such as The Gardeners' Chronicle. He published a history of the University Botanic Garden in 194 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cambridge University Botanic Garden
The Cambridge University Botanic Garden is a botanical garden located in Cambridge, England, associated with the university Department of Plant Sciences (formerly Botany School). It lies between Trumpington Road to the west, Bateman Street to the north and Hills Road to the east. The garden covers an area of 16 hectares (40 acres). The site is almost entirely on level ground and in addition to its scientific value, the garden is highly rated by gardening enthusiasts. It holds a plant collection of over 8,000 plant species from all over the world to facilitate teaching and research. The garden was created for the University of Cambridge in 1831 by Professor John Stevens Henslow (Charles Darwin's mentor) and was opened to the public in 1846. The third-highest temperature recorded in the UK, 38.7 °C (101.7 °F), was recorded on 25 July 2019 at the garden. History Walkerian Garden After several unsuccessful attempts during the 16th, 17th, and early 18th centuries ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Anne's Church, Kew
St Anne's Church, Kew, is a parish church in Kew in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. The building, which dates from 1714, and is Grade II* listed, forms the central focus of Kew Green. The raised churchyard, which is on three sides of the church, has two Grade II* listed monuments – the tombs of the artists Johan Zoffany (d. 1816) and Thomas Gainsborough (d. 1788). The French Impressionist painter Camille Pissarro (1830–1903), who stayed in 1892 at 10 Kew Green, portrayed St Anne's in his painting ''Church at Kew'' (1892). Services On Sundays the church holds three morning services – a Said Eucharist in traditional language, Morning Prayer and a Sung Eucharist. An Evening Prayer is held. Music The church is used as a venue for concerts, including those of the local orchestra, Kew Sinfonia. History Originally built in 1714 on land given by Queen Anne, as a church within the parish of Kingston, St Anne's Church has been extended several times since, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People From Oxfordshire
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English Gardeners
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Victoria Medal Of Honour Recipients
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1882 Births
Year 188 (CLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known in the Roman Empire as the Year of the Consulship of Fuscianus and Silanus (or, less frequently, year 941 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 188 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Publius Helvius Pertinax becomes pro-consul of Africa from 188 to 189. Japan * Queen Himiko (or Shingi Waō) begins her reign in Japan (until 248). Births * April 4 – Caracalla (or Antoninus), Roman emperor (d. 217) * Lu Ji (or Gongji), Chinese official and politician (d. 219) * Sun Shao, Chinese general of the Eastern Wu state (d. 241) Deaths * March 17 – Julian, pope and patriarch of Alexandria * Fa Zhen (or Gaoqing), Chinese scholar (b. AD 100) * Lucius Antistius Burrus, Roman politician (executed) * Ma Xiang, Chi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1964 Deaths
Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras I of Constantinople meet in Jerusalem. * January 6 – A British firm, the Leyland Motors, Leyland Motor Corp., announces the sale of 450 buses to the Cuban government, challenging the United States blockade of Cuba. * January 9 – ''Martyrs' Day (Panama), Martyrs' Day'': Armed clashes between United States troops and Panamanian civilians in the Panama Canal Zone precipitate a major international crisis, resulting in the deaths of 21 Panamanians and 4 U.S. soldiers. * January 11 – United States Surgeon General Luther Terry reports that smoking may be hazardous to one's health (the first such statement from the U.S. government). * January 12 ** Zanzibar Revolution: The predominantly Arab government of Zanzibar is overthrown b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Shelford
Great Shelford is a village located approximately to the south of Cambridge, in the county of Cambridgeshire, in eastern England. In 1850 Great Shelford parish contained bisected by the river Cam. The population in 1841 was 803 people. By 2001, this had grown to 3,949 and by the Census 2011 to 4,233. It was described as Britain's twenty-second richest village in 2011. Great Shelford is twinned with Verneuil-en-Halatte, in the Oise département of France. Services and culture Great Shelford has a range of shops and services, including a wine merchant/bar, two public houses, two restaurants, a library, several estate agents, two barbers, a building society, a chemist, a dentist, a solicitor, an accountant, a delicatessen, a bakery and a garden centre. There is a monthly Farmers' Market. The villages of Great and Little Shelford are served by Shelford railway station on the West Anglia Main Line from Cambridge railway station, Cambridge to Liverpool Street railway station, Lond ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Henry Preston
George Henry Preston (1911-2003) was a gardener who was curator in the Alpine and Herbaceous Department at Kew Gardens. Career George Preston was born in Cambridge, 11 September 1911; his father was Frederick George Preston, who was Foreman and later Superintendent at Cambridge University Botanic Garden. After working in the Cambridge Botanic Garden he entered the Royal Horticultural Society garden at Wisley, where he obtained an RHS Diploma in Horticulture. In 1935 he moved to the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew where obtained his Kew Certificate; he spent the remainder of his career at Kew. He was appointed Foreman and then Assistant Curator of the Alpine and Herbaceous Department in 1938. From the 1950s his duties included the Chelsea Flower Show. He was elected a Fellow of the Linnean Society of London in 1953. The British Iris Society awarded him the Foster Memorial Plaque in 1966 for his work on Irises. In 1971 was awarded the RHS Associate Medal of Honour. He was awarded th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoria Medal Of Honour
The Victoria Medal of Honour (VMH) is awarded to British horticulturists resident in the United Kingdom whom the Royal Horticultural Society Council considers deserving of special honour by the Society. The award was established in 1897 "in perpetual remembrance of Her Majesty's glorious reign, and to enable the Council to confer honour on British horticulturists." The Society's rules state that only sixty-three horticulturists can hold the VMH at any given time, in commemoration of the sixty-three years of Queen Victoria's reign. Therefore, the honour is not awarded every year, but may be made to multiple recipients in other years. Awards 1897 – The first 60 medallists The first 60 medals were awarded on 26 October 1897: *John Gilbert Baker (1834–1920) *Isaac Bayley Balfour (1853–1922) * Peter Barr (1826–1909) *Archibald F Barron (1835–1903) * Edward John Beale (1835–1902) *William Boxall (1844–1910) * William Bull (1828–1902) * George Bunyard (1841–1919) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warborough
Warborough is a village and civil parish in South Oxfordshire, about north of Wallingford and about south of Oxford. The parish also includes the hamlet of Shillingford, south of Warborough beside the River Thames. History The toponym has evolved over the centuries. A property deed written about 1370 calls the village ''Wareburewe''. In 1086 Warborough was part of the large royal estate of Benson. The Church of England parish church of Saint Laurence was originally a chapel of the parish of Benson. There is a record of the Empress Matilda giving the benefice of Benson, including chapels at Nettlebed and Warborough, to the Augustinian Abbey at nearby Dorchester in about 1140, and for most of the Middle Ages Warborough was regarded as part of the parish of Dorchester. It remained part of the Dorchester peculiar until 1847, but functioned largely as an independent parish from the Middle Ages. St Laurences' Parish church Perhaps the oldest item in the church is the font, wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Honorary Degree
An honorary degree is an academic degree for which a university (or other degree-awarding institution) has waived all of the usual requirements. It is also known by the Latin phrases ''honoris causa'' ("for the sake of the honour") or ''ad honorem '' ("to the honour"). The degree is typically a doctorate or, less commonly, a master's degree, and may be awarded to someone who has no prior connection with the academic institution or no previous postsecondary education. An example of identifying a recipient of this award is as follows: Doctorate in Business Administration (''Hon. Causa''). The degree is often conferred as a way of honouring a distinguished visitor's contributions to a specific field or to society in general. It is sometimes recommended that such degrees be listed in one's curriculum vitae (CV) as an award, and not in the education section. With regard to the use of this honorific, the policies of institutions of higher education generally ask that recipients ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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