Chrystabel Procter
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Chrystabel Procter | |
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| Born | 11 March 1894 |
| Died | 21 June 1982 (aged 88) Weston-super-Mare England |
| Known for | Gardening and horticulture |
Chrystabel Prudence Goldsmith Procter (11 March 1894 – 21 June 1982) was an English gardener, educationalist and horticulturalist. Her career focused particularly on involving institutions and people in growing their own crops and on the education of women.[1]
Chrystabel Procter was born in London on 11 March 1894, at 11 Kensington Square,[2] the daughter of Joseph Procter, a stockbroker, and Elizabeth Procter (née Brockbank), an artist. Her grandfather, William Brockbank, was a wealthy Manchester businessman, a patron of the arts and an accomplished amateur naturalist. Family interests in the arts and sciences influenced both Chrystabel and her younger sister, Joan Beauchamp Procter (b. 1897). The family homes had large gardens, which facilitated the sisters’ childhood pursuits in natural history, and they were nicknamed "Flora" (Chrystabel) and "Fauna" (Joan).[1]
She was educated at St Paul's Girls' School, London, where she studied chemistry and botany,[1] and then at Glynde College for Lady Gardeners, Sussex.[1][3] Deaf from her mid-teens as a result of an hereditary condition on her mother's side of the family,[3] she had been steered towards a career as a horticulturalist rather than continuing formal studies as an academic botanist.