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Lanning Roper
American landscape architect
Lanning Roper (4 February 1912 – 22 March 1983) was an American landscape architect and writer who studied and lived in England.
Early life and education
[edit]He was born in West Orange, New Jersey, the son of Willet Crosby Roper (1877–1966), an investment banker,[1] and Florence Emily née Eveleth (1874–1961).[2] His maternal grandfather William Hartley Eveleth (1840–1922) was the Superintendent of the college grounds for Harvard University and Radcliffe College.[citation needed] Roper received an honors degree in Fine Arts from Harvard University in 1933.
Work
[edit]Roper had many garden commissions all over England, and some in Ireland (including Castlemartin), France, Italy, Switzerland and the United States. He was commissioned as Prince Charles' landscape gardener in 1981 to do the grounds at Highgrove House in the Cotswolds. From 1951 to 1957 was on the staff of the Royal Horticultural Society as Assistant to the Editor.
Military service
[edit]He served in the US Navy in World War II, and was in charge of Division 67 on D-Day.
Personal life
[edit]In 1952 he married artist Primrose Harley (1908–1978), daughter of Professor (Edward) Vaughan Berkeley Harley MD MRCP (1
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Clean first U.S. edition in clean unchipped dust jacket. Clean green cloth boards with bright gold lettering on spine. No bumping or fraying. Some fading along board edges. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound, pages are clean. Clean illustrated endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Illustrated with 42 color plates, 120 illustrations in black and white, and 25 plans. 224 pages. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, no tears, enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A wonderful biography of a famous British landscape designer with great photographs and plans of his excellent creations.
Title: Lanning Roper and his His Garden
Author Name:Brown, Jane
Edition:First American Edition, First printing
ISBN Number: 0847807878
ISBN-13: 9780847807871
Location Published: New York, Rizzolo: 1987
Binding:Hardcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: Near Fine
Type:Book
Categories:Biography, gardening/horticulture, 1st Edition
Seller ID:033841
Keywords:architecture, british garden biography, designers, english gardens, first edition, gardening, landscape design, lanning roper, ornamental horticulture
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