Pierre Antoine Poiteau

Pierre Antoine Poiteau

male, deceased (1854)
Pierre-Antoine Poiteau was a French botanist and gardener. He was born in Ambleny, France. After having worked in kitchen gardens and for the...

Harrison Woodhull Crosby

male
Harrison Woodhull Crosby of Jamesburg, New Jersey was the first to can tomatoes commercially in 1847. He worked as the chief gardener at Lafayette...

Derek William Dick

male, 51 years old
Derek William Dick, better known as Fish (born 25 April 1958, in Dalkeith, Midlothian), is a Scottish progressive rock singer, lyric writer and...
Friedrich Ludwig von Sckell

Friedrich Ludwig von Sckell

male, deceased (1823)
Friedrich Ludwig von Sckell was a German landscape gardener from Weilburg an der Lahn. Sckell was trained in the Court Market Garden in...
Eduard Petzold

Eduard Petzold

male, deceased (1891)
Carl Eduard Adolph Petzold (born 14 January 1815 in Königswalde (now Poland), died August 1891) was a famous German landscape gardener. As a c...
Lucy M. Boston

Lucy M. Boston

female, deceased (1990)
Lucy Maria Boston (1892-1990) was a British author noted for her longevity; she did not have her first book published until she was over 60. She is...
Saint Phocas

Saint Phocas

male, deceased (117)
Saint Phocas, sometimes called Phocas the Gardener or Phocas of Sinope, is venerated as a martyr by the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches. His...
Kid Gavilan

Kid Gavilan

male, deceased (2003)
Gerardo González, better known in the boxing world as Kid Gavilan, was a former gardener and world welterweight champion from Cuba. He was a n...
Lionel Nathan de Rothschild

Lionel Nathan de Rothschild

male, deceased (1942)
Lionel Nathan de Rothschild (b. January 25, 1882 in London - d. January 28, 1942) was an English banker and Conservative politician best remembered...
W. A. Nesfield

W. A. Nesfield

male, deceased (1881)
William Andrews Nesfield (1793 - 1881) was an English garden designer. His gardens include a "monster work" at Witley Court, the South Lake at...