The Garden Expert Dr David Gerald Hessayon downs tools.
Their creator Dr D G (Dave) Hessayon, the son of a Cypriot landowner, was born in 1928 and grew up in Manchester. He read Botany at Leeds University, where he gained his BSc degree. In 1950 he travelled to the United States, working as the editor of a small town newspaper. In 1953 he went to Ghana as a Research Fellow at the University College before returning to Manchester to obtain his PhD.
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The Garden Expert downs tools aged 85: Dr David G Hessayon blames Google for withering book sales. Dr David Gerald Hessayon, 85, has sold more than 50million books.
They are the best selling gardening books in history and today still take up proud residence in many a bookcase. David Gerald Hessayon was born in 1928 growing up in Manchester, England, before attending Leeds University where he earned a degree in Botany. He later gained a PhD in soil ecology before starting work at Pan Britannica Industries.
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Hessayon is not so much an author as an institution. Coming from a household of gardening enthusiasts, I was weaned on his books. When I started gardening myself, Hessayon’s series of easy, direct and (let us not forget) affordable guides for the novice was the only choice.
David Gerald HESSAYON. Filter appointments Filter appointments Current appointments Total number of appointments 6 Date of birth February 1928. HESSAYON BOOKS LIMITED (02800848) Company status Dissolved Correspondence address Sloe House Sloe Hill, Halstead, Essex, CO9 1PA. Role Director Appointed on 18 March 1993 Nationality British Country of residence England Occupation Dir EXPERT.
Books by authors who studied at Leeds. Words from Leeds. An iconic British poet, a best-selling mystery author and a gardening guru count among Leeds graduates in print.
Joan Hessayon was born in Louisville, Kentucky but grew up in Missouri. In 1949 she went to Paris where she met her husband, Dr David Hessayon, the creator of the bestselling Expert series of gardening books.
Newspapers: The Times, first for the crossword, then all that potted news on the back page. Then the Telegraph - that's my ration for the day. The most important of all is the Halstead Gazette.
Dr David Hessayon initiated a major innovation in gardening publications in 1959 with the first of his Gardening Expert guides. These best-selling guides have had an unparalleled influence on gardening over the past 50 years. There are over 47 million copies in print. He was awarded the 1993 Gardening Book of the Year Award from the Garden.
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