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Gertrude Jekyll

1843 - 1932

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Gertrude Jekyll ( JEE-kəl; 29 November 1843 – 8 December 1932) was a British horticulturist, garden designer, craftswoman, photographer, writer and artist. She created over 400 gardens in the United Kingdom, Europe and the United States, and wrote over 1000 articles for magazines such as Country Life and William Robinson's The Garden. Jekyll has been described as "a premier influence in garden design" by British and American gardening enthusiasts. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gertrude Jekyll is the 3,899th most popular writer (down from 3,701st in 2019), the 3,072nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,632nd in 2019) and the 348th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Gertrude Jekyll ranks 3,899 out of 7,302. Before her are Þjóðólfr of Hvinir, Gennadius of Massilia, Veniamin Kaverin, Eiko Kadono, Leopold Zunz, and Zenta Mauriņa. After her are Angel Wagenstein, Kjartan Fløgstad, Javier Cercas, Aboul-Qacem Echebbi, Voltairine de Cleyre, and Duchess Agnes of Württemberg.

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Among people born in 1843, Gertrude Jekyll ranks 66. Before her are Ernest Mason Satow, Kristian Zahrtmann, Gaston Tissandier, Peter Rosegger, Louis Diémer, and Louis Duchesne. After her are Axel Gudbrand Blytt, Princess Augusta of Saxe-Meiningen, Frederick Abberline, Gleb Uspensky, Saigō Jūdō, and Paul Cambon. Among people deceased in 1932, Gertrude Jekyll ranks 89. Before her are Bipin Chandra Pal, Christian von Ehrenfels, Antoni Maria Alcover i Sureda, Mikhail Pokrovsky, Charles Fort, and Lipót Baumhorn. After her are Major Taylor, Hafez Ibrahim, Zhang Zongchang, Maironis, Herbert Norkus, and Friedrich Gustav Piffl.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Gertrude Jekyll ranks 3,073 out of 8,785. Before her are Freddie Jones (1927), Sigeberht of Wessex (750), James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce (1838), John Lennard-Jones (1894), Richard Burbage (1567), and Jude Bellingham (2003). After her are Charles Forbes René de Montalembert (1810), Barbara Bodichon (1827), Ray Davies (1944), Gary Hocking (1937), Æthelheard of Wessex (750), and R. M. Hare (1919).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Gertrude Jekyll ranks 348. Before her are Patrick Leigh Fermor (1915), Peter Mayle (1939), Nancy Mitford (1904), Hilary Mantel (1952), Paul Johnson (1928), and Graham Hancock (1950). After her are Richard Hammond (1969), Andrew Marvell (1621), Israel Zangwill (1864), Christiane Amanpour (1958), W. S. Gilbert (1836), and Nick Hornby (1957).

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