Thomas Hill (author)

Thomas Hill (author)

Thomas Hill, (b. ca. 1528) was an astrologer, author and translator who most probably also wrote as Didymus Mountain [1]. He was the author of the first popular book in English about gardening — The profitable arte of gardening, first published in 1563 under the title A most briefe and pleasaunte treatyse, teachynge how to dresse, sowe, and set a garden.[2] [1] He went on to write other popular works such as The Gardener's Labyrinth (1577) (attributed - originally published under the name of Didymus Mountain; this is now generally accepted to be Thomas Hill, and the Oxford University Press produced a paperback reprint under the name Thomas Hill [3]) and also published works on arithmetic, astrology, interpretation of dreams and physiognomy.

References

  1. ^ a b Bibliography of works on gardening, reprinted from the second edition of "A history of gardening in England" (1897), auth. Cecil, Evelyn, Mrs, London
  2. ^ Julie Coleman (May 2001), The Gardener's Labyrinth, University of Glasgow, http://special.lib.gla.ac.uk/exhibns/month/may2001.html 
  3. ^ The Gardener's Labyrinth, By (author) Thomas Hill, Volume editor Richard Mabey, Oxford University Press, 1988


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