Garth Christian
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2 August 1921
Riddings, Derbyshire, England
North Chailey, Sussex
Garth Christian | |
|---|---|
| Born | Garth Hood Christian[1] 2 August 1921 Riddings, Derbyshire, England |
| Died | 26 November 1967 (aged 46) North Chailey, Sussex |
| Occupation | Journalist, editor, author |
| Period | 1950s–60s |
| Genre | Conservation, natural history |
Garth Hood Christian (2 August 1921 – 26 November 1967) was an English nature writer, editor, teacher and conservationist.[2]
Christian was born in 1921 to Rev. Frederick Ewan Christian and Ethel Marian Trower Rogers in the Riddings, Derbyshire vicarage which had been occupied by his father and maternal grandfather, Rev. Henry Rogers, for almost 50 years. He was a member of the same family as Fletcher Christian. At the age of 18, he began contributing to The Guardian's "Miscellany" column.[3]
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.[3] From 1950, he was editor of The Plough.[3]
He wrote a number of books on conservation and ornithology,[3][4] one of which, Down the Long Wind, had a jacket illustrated by Peter Scott.[3]
As a school governor, he took the unusual step of becoming an honorary (unpaid) teacher of biology, one afternoon a week.[3]
He died suddenly, aged 46, at his home in Beggar's Wood, North Chailey, Sussex.[2][5]
