John Abercrombie | |
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Born | 1726 |
Died | 2 May 1806 |
Nationality | Scottish |
Occupation | Horticulturist |
Notable work | Every Man His Own Gardener [1] |
John Abercrombie (1726 – 2 May 1806) was a Scottish horticulturist important to renovating garden techniques. [2] He is noted for the book Every Man His Own Gardener (1767), which he co-wrote with Thomas Mawe. [3]
Abercrombie was born in Edinburgh. [2] As a young man Abercrombie was employed at the Royal Gardens at Kew, and at Leicester House; and later set up a successful market gardening business in Hackney and later at Tottenham. He wrote a number of works on gardening. [4]
For the last 20 years of his life, Abercrombie was a heavy consumer of tea and a vegetarian. He smoked his pipe for six hours a day and stated that tea and tobacco were promoters of his health. [2] He died from injuries obtained from an accident. [2]