Garth Christian
Encyclopedia
Garth Christian was an English
nature writer, editor, teacher and conservationist.
. At the age of 18, he began contributing to the Guardian
's Miscellany column.
After becoming a full-time freelance writer, he wrote for newspapers and magazines including the Birmingham Post
, Birmingham Evening Mail
, Nottingham Guardian, The Times
, Country Life
and New Scientist
. From 1950, he was editor of The Plough.
He wrote a number of books on conservation and ornithology, one of which, Down the Long Wind, had a jacket illustrated by Peter Scott
.
As a school governor, he took the unusual step of becoming an honorary (unpaid) teacher of biology, one afternoon a week.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
nature writer, editor, teacher and conservationist.
Life
He was born in a Derbyshire vicarage which had been occupied by his father and grandfather for almost 50 years, and was a member of the same family as Fletcher ChristianFletcher Christian
Fletcher Christian was a master's mate on board the Bounty during William Bligh's fateful voyage to Tahiti for breadfruit plants...
. At the age of 18, he began contributing to the Guardian
The Guardian
The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
's Miscellany column.
After becoming a full-time freelance writer, he wrote for newspapers and magazines including the Birmingham Post
Birmingham Post
The Birmingham Post newspaper was originally published under the name Daily Post in Birmingham, England, in 1857 by John Frederick Feeney. It was the largest selling broadsheet in the West Midlands, though it faced little if any competition in this category. It changed to tabloid size in 2008...
, Birmingham Evening Mail
Birmingham Mail
The Birmingham Mail is a tabloid newspaper based in Birmingham, UK but distributed around Birmingham, The Black Country, Solihull, Warwickshire and parts of Worcestershire and Staffordshire. The newspaper, which was re-branded from the Birmingham Evening Mail in October 2005, is one of the biggest...
, Nottingham Guardian, The Times
The Times
The Times is a British daily national newspaper, first published in London in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register . The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times are published by Times Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary since 1981 of News International...
, Country Life
Country Life (magazine)
Country Life is a British weekly magazine, based in London at 110 Southwark Street, and owned by IPC Media, a Time Warner subsidiary.- Topics :The magazine covers the pleasures and joys of rural life, as well as the concerns of rural people...
and New Scientist
New Scientist
New Scientist is a weekly non-peer-reviewed English-language international science magazine, which since 1996 has also run a website, covering recent developments in science and technology for a general audience. Founded in 1956, it is published by Reed Business Information Ltd, a subsidiary of...
. From 1950, he was editor of The Plough.
He wrote a number of books on conservation and ornithology, one of which, Down the Long Wind, had a jacket illustrated by Peter Scott
Peter Scott
Sir Peter Markham Scott, CH, CBE, DSC and Bar, MID, FRS, FZS, was a British ornithologist, conservationist, painter, naval officer and sportsman....
.
As a school governor, he took the unusual step of becoming an honorary (unpaid) teacher of biology, one afternoon a week.
Positions
- Nature conservator, Chailey CommonChailey CommonChailey Common is a 169 hectare biological site of Special Scientific Interest in the East Sussex. It is close to the village of North Chailey to the west of Newick...
- Council member, Sussex Archaeological SocietySussex Archaeological SocietyThe Sussex Archaeological Society, founded in 1846, is the largest county-based archaeological society in the UK. Its headquarters are in Lewes, Sussex...
- Council member, Sussex Naturalists' TrustSussex Wildlife TrustThe Sussex Wildlife Trust is a wildlife trust and a registered charity covering the counties of East Sussex and West Sussex, England. The trust's Chief Executive is Tony Whitbread....
- County Secondary School governor