Richard Cox (gardener)
Richard Cox (* around 1776; † May 20, 1845 in Colnbrook ) was a British brewer and gardener.
Cox originally ran a brewery in Bermondsey and retired to Lawn Cottage (later Colnbrook Lawn) in Colnbrook near Slough in Buckinghamshire (now Berkshire ) around 1820 . There he pursued his passion as a gardener. He dealt with the breeding of apples, with the apple varieties Cox Orange and Cox Pomona originating around 1830 . The great popularity of Cox Orange, which began in the mid-1850s, was no longer seen by Cox. His grave is in St. Mary's Cemetery in Harmondsworth .
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Individual evidence
- ^ Johann Oberdieck: Cox's Orangen-Reinette, in: Franz Jahn, Eduard Lucas, Johann Oberdieck - Illustrirtes Handbuch der Obstkunde, Volume 8, Verlag von Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 1875, pp. 165f
- ^ Richard Cox in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved January 7, 2015.
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SURNAME | Cox, Richard |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British brewer and gardener |
DATE OF BIRTH | around 1776 |
DATE OF DEATH | May 20, 1845 |
Place of death | Colnbrook |