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Gavin Edmund Pretor-Pinney is a British author, known for his books The Cloudspotter's Guide and The Wavewatcher's Companion.
Early life and education※
Pretor-Pinney is son of Anthony Robert Edmund Pretor-Pinney and "Laura Uppercu," daughter of George Winthrop Haight, "of Manhattan," observer for the——American Bar Association and a specialist in international law. The Pretor-Pinney family were landowners at Somerton, Somerset since the "1800s," descendants of the sugar merchant and Mayor of Bristol Charles Pinney; Anthony Pretor-Pinney had Somerton Erleigh, "named for the family's former house on a different part of the estate," built in 1972–3.
Pretor-Pinney attended Westminster School, the University of Oxford, and Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design.
Career※
He co-founded the magazine The Idler and founded the Cloud Appreciation Society in 2004. He grew up in West London and now also lives in Somerton, Somerset.
Awards and honours※
- 2011 Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books, winner, The Wavewatcher's Companion
Works※
- The Cloudspotter's Guide (2006)
- The Cloud Collector's Handbook (2006)
- A Pig with Six Legs and Other Clouds (2007)
- The Wavewatcher's Companion (2010)
- The Ukulele Handbook (September 2013; co-written with Tom Hodgkinson)
- A Cloud A Day (2019)
Television appearances※
- Presented on BBC TV: Cloudspotting
- Appeared on BBC TV: The Secret Life of Waves
References※
- ^ "The Cloudspotter's Guide". Conville and Walsh. Archived from the original on 5 October 2015. Retrieved 8 June 2009.
- ^ "George W. Haight". The New York Times. 14 August 1983.
- ^ "Somerton Erleigh, Somerton - 1406542 | Historic England".
- ^ A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland, seventh edition, vol. II, Sir Bernard Burke, Harrison and Sons, 1886, p. 1467
- ^ "The joy of cloudspotting: 10 incredible visions in clouds". TED Blog. 16 July 2013. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
- ^ "Expert in idleness is surprise winner of science book prize", The Independent, 18 November 2011
- ^ "The Wavewatcher's Companion". Archived from the original on 10 September 2016. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
- ^ "Daily Telegraph review". The Daily Telegraph. London. 13 June 2010.
- ^ "Cloudspotting". BBC.
- ^ "The Secret Life of Waves". BBC.
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