Alexander Adam (1741–1809)
Autore di The Seed Detective: Uncovering the Secret Histories of Remarkable Vegetables
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Fonte dell'immagine: Alexander Adam. Wikimedia Commons.
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Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 1741-06-24
- Data di morte
- 1809-12-18
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- Great Britain
- Nazione (per mappa)
- UK
- Luogo di nascita
- Forres, Morayshire, Scotland, Great Britain
- Luogo di morte
- Edinburgh, Scotland, Great Britain
- Luogo di residenza
- Forres, Moray, Scotland, UK
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, UK - Istruzione
- University of Edinburgh
- Attività lavorative
- teacher
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The Seed Detective: Uncovering the Secret Histories… di Alexander Adam
The author leads an amazing life, rather like the Indiana Jones of seed preservation. He travels the world, seeking out vegetable varieties that have not been "discovered" in the Western World, and brings them out to be grown in controlled circumstances and preserved for future generations. Alexander frequents farmers markets all over the world, looking for that elusive "granny", who has been growing the variety for decades, maybe even generations. It's an honorable task, otherwise many (maybe all) of these varieties would be eventually lost. It's a good read!… (altro)
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- Opere
- 11
- Opere correlate
- 1
- Utenti
- 59
- Popolarità
- #280,813
- Voto
- 4.1
- Recensioni
- 1
- ISBN
- 7
- Lingue
- 1