Beatrix Havergal

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Grace Beatrix Helen Havergal

Birthdate:
Birthplace: East Harling, Norfolk, United Kingdom
Death: April 08, 1980 (78)
Kingsclere, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom
Place of Burial: Waterperry, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Reverend Clement Havergal and Eveline Mary Havergal
Sister of Frances Mary de Draycott Collingwood-Selby and Commander Christopher Ridley Havergal, OBE DSC

Occupation: Founder & Principal of Waterperry school of Horticulture
Managed by: Terry Jackson (Switzer)
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About Beatrix Havergal

Beatrix Havergal

From Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatrix_Havergal

1901-1980) was an English horticulturist.

In 1932 Beatrix Havergal founded Waterperry School of Horticulture, a residential horticultural college for women. For many years Havergal won gold medal for her exhibit of Royal Sovereign strawberries at Chelsea Flower Show.[1] When she retired as principal in 1971, Waterperry Horticultural School closed, though there remain gardens and a nursery there.[2]

References

^ Waterperry - History
^ 'Waterperry Gardens, Oxfordshire', in Julia Brittain, Plants, People, and Places, 2006.

External links

Portraits of Beatrix Havergal at the National Portrait Gallery, London

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Beatrix Havergal's Timeline

1901
July 7, 1901
East Harling, Norfolk, United Kingdom
1980
April 8, 1980
Age 78
Kingsclere, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom
April 14, 1980
Age 78
St Mary's Church, Waterperry, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom