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10. Apr. 2016 · Hobhouse, who has died aged 91, was not a professional historian, botanist or writer, but in succession a sailor, a journalist, a West Country farmer, and county council chair. But his love of...
Henry Hobhouse (24 December 1924 – 5 March 2016), was an English sailor, broadcaster, journalist, farmer, author, and politician, best known for his book Seeds of Change: Five Plants That Transformed Mankind.
25. März 2016 · Henry Hobhouse, who has died aged 91, became best known as the author of a remarkable book published in 1985, Seeds of Change, of which many readers said that it was impossible, after reading...
Henry Hobhouse was a polymath: writer, sailor, journalist, farmer, broadcaster, inventor, local politician and education advocate.
24. Apr. 2017 · It was my desire to be sure of the full wording of these titles that led me to the Guardian obituary (April 2016) and to the knowledge of his death. Given that Hobhouse was a conservative economic historian (with no academic training), the Guardian obit was generous:
Henry Hobhouse überrascht seine Leser mit einer Fülle historischer Einsichten und Querverbindungen: sechs Pflanzen, die den Geschichtsverlauf von der Renaissance bis in unsere Gegenwart maßgeblich beeinflußten. Vom Niedergang Chinas bis zum Aufstieg der deutschen Chemieindustrie, von der irischen Hungersnot bis zur indischen ...
Seeds of Change: Five Plants That Transformed Mankind is a 1985 book by Henry Hobhouse which explains how the history of the world since Columbus linked America to Europe has been changed by five plants.
