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David C. H. Austin

1926 - 2018

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David Charles Henshaw Austin (16 February 1926 – 18 December 2018) was a British rose breeder and writer who lived in Shropshire, England. His emphasis was on breeding roses with the character and fragrance of old garden roses (such as gallicas, damasks and alba roses) but with the repeat-flowering ability and wide colour range of modern roses such as hybrid teas and floribundas. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. David C. H. Austin is the 1,353rd most popular writer (up from 3,447th in 2019), the 1,224th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,478th in 2019) and the 130th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, David C. H. Austin ranks 1,353 out of 7,302. Before him are Chikamatsu Monzaemon, Ken Robinson, Yan Fu, Ibrahim ibn Yaqub, Paul Scarron, and Fredric Brown. After him are Norman Mailer, Harry Harrison, Jakob Wassermann, Ethel Voynich, Matteo Maria Boiardo, and Cassius Longinus.

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Among people born in 1926, David C. H. Austin ranks 98. Before him are César Pelli, Shigeo Sugimoto, Hugo Banzer, Teddy Scholten, John Schlesinger, and Hans Werner Henze. After him are Francisco Rabal, László Papp, Cloris Leachman, Kim Jong-pil, James Stirling, and Alan Greenspan. Among people deceased in 2018, David C. H. Austin ranks 79. Before him are Girma Wolde-Giorgis, Dolores O'Riordan, James Mirrlees, Quini, Anthony Bourdain, and Steve Ditko. After him are Yoshinobu Ishii, Kim Jong-pil, XXXTentacion, Scott Wilson, Katherine MacGregor, and Christine Nöstlinger.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, David C. H. Austin ranks 1,224 out of 8,785. Before him are Pete Postlethwaite (1946), Ken Robinson (1950), Eric Idle (1943), Natascha McElhone (1969), Mick Jones (1955), and Cosmo Duff-Gordon (1862). After him are Inigo Jones (1573), Rosemary Harris (1927), Thomas Willis (1621), William the Lion (1142), Frederick Griffith (1879), and Adelard of Bath (1075).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, David C. H. Austin ranks 130. Before him are Michael Jackson (1942), Arthur Hailey (1920), Dylan Thomas (1914), Lobsang Rampa (1910), Barbara Cartland (1901), and Ken Robinson (1950). After him are Robert Browning (1812), P. D. James (1920), E. L. James (1963), John Berger (1926), Allan Pinkerton (1819), and Ruth Rendell (1930).

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