Tim Smit
Sir Timothy Bartel "Tim" Smit KBE (born September 25, 1954 in Scheveningen , the Netherlands) is a British businessman, music producer, horticulturist and archaeologist. He became known for his horticultural projects The Lost Gardens of Heligan and Eden Project in Cornwall . Tim Smit lives in Fowey , Cornwall.
Life
Smit grew up as the son of a Dutch father and an English mother in Kent and studied archeology and anthropology in Durham . His grandparents owned the Hartford Hall mansion in Cheshire , but they had to sell it. He had no idea about wild plants; In 1975 his wife Candy taught him the most important plants on an excursion in search of megalithic tombs , but even afterwards he was unable to tell the difference between red carnation , purple loosestrife and narrow-leaved willowherb . He spent two years as a county archaeologist before spending ten years as a music producer and songwriter. In 1987 he moved with his family from Brixton to Treveague near Exeter in Cornwall to devote more time to composition and made the acquaintance of John Nelson and Heligan . In 1991 he and Nelson began restoring the Heligan Gardens. He wrote a book about the project. In 1998 he started the Eden Project , which opened in 2001. In addition to his senior roles at the Eden Project and Heligan, Smit is the honorary patron of a number of projects in Cornwall.
Awards
Tim Smit received the following awards, among others:
- 2002 Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE),
- Honorary doctorates from the Universities of Bradford , Durham , Warwick , Wolverhampton and Plymouth ,
- Honorary Membership of St. Catharine's College Oxford,
- Albert Medal of the Royal Society of Arts ,
- 2003 Lord Lloyd of Kilgerran Award from the Foundation for Science and Technology ,
- 2011 Knight Commander des Order of the British Empire (KBE)
literature
- Tim Smit: The Lost Gardens Of Heligan . London, Orion 1999.
- Tim Smit: Eden . London, Bantam Press 2011. ISBN 978-0-593-04883-2
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tim Smit: The Lost Gardens of Heligan. London, Victor Gollancz (revised edition 1999), p. 149.
- ↑ Tim Smith, Introduction, In: Colin Howlett, Heligan Wild, a year of nature in the Lost Garden. London, Orion 1999, 9-10
- ^ Tim Smit, The Lost Gardens of Heligan. London, Victor Gollancz (revised edition 1999), back cover
- ↑ Tim Smit: The Lost Gardens of Heligan. London, Victor Gollancz (revised edition 1999), p. 31
- ↑ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/countiesofbritain/3355377/Counties-of-Britain-Cornwall-by-Tim-Smit.html
- ↑ http://www.thisisthewestcountry.co.uk/news/cornwall_news/8803057.Tim_Smit_head_of_Eden_appointed_honorary_knight_by_the_Queen/
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Smit, Tim |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Smit, Timothy Bartel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English archaeologist, record producer, horticulturist and businessman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 25, 1954 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Scheveningen , the Netherlands |