Gavin Pretor-Pinney

Gavin Edmund Pretor-Pinney is a British author,^[1] known for his books The Cloudspotter's Guide and The Wavewatcher's Companion.

Early life and education

Pretor-Pinney is son of Anthony Robert Edmund Pretor-Pinney and Laura Uppercu, daughter of George Winthrop Haight, of Manhattan, observer for the American Bar Association and a specialist in international law.^[2] The Pretor-Pinney family were landowners at Somerton, Somerset since the 1800s, descendants of the sugar merchant and Mayor of Bristol Charles Pinney; Anthony Pretor-Pinney had Somerton Erleigh, named for the family's former house on a different part of the estate, built in 1972–3.^[3]^[4]

Pretor-Pinney attended Westminster School, the University of Oxford, and Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design.

Career

He co-founded the magazine The Idler and founded the Cloud Appreciation Society in 2004.^[5] He grew up in West London and now also lives in Somerton, Somerset.^{[citation needed]}

Awards and honours

2011 Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books, winner, The Wavewatcher's Companion^[6]

Works

The Cloudspotter's Guide (2006)^[1]
The Cloud Collector's Handbook (2006)
A Pig with Six Legs and Other Clouds (2007)
The Wavewatcher's Companion (2010)^[7]^[8]
The Ukulele Handbook (September 2013; co-written with Tom Hodgkinson)
A Cloud A Day (2019)

Television appearances

Presented on BBC TV: Cloudspotting^[9]
Appeared on BBC TV: The Secret Life of Waves^[10]

References

^ ^a ^b "The Cloudspotter's Guide". Conville and Walsh. Archived from the original on 5 October 2015. Retrieved 8 June 2009.
^ "George W. Haight". The New York Times. 14 August 1983.
^ "Somerton Erleigh, Somerton - 1406542 | Historic England".
^ A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland, seventh edition, vol. II, Sir Bernard Burke, Harrison and Sons, 1886, p. 1467
^ "The joy of cloudspotting: 10 incredible visions in clouds". TED Blog. 16 July 2013. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
^ "Expert in idleness is surprise winner of science book prize", The Independent, 18 November 2011
^ "The Wavewatcher's Companion". Archived from the original on 10 September 2016. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
^ "Daily Telegraph review". The Daily Telegraph. London. 13 June 2010.
^ "Cloudspotting". BBC.
^ "The Secret Life of Waves". BBC.

External links

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[csguide-1] "The Cloudspotter's Guide". Conville and Walsh. Archived from the original on 5 October 2015. Retrieved 8 June 2009.

[2] "George W. Haight". The New York Times. 14 August 1983.

[3] "Somerton Erleigh, Somerton - 1406542 | Historic England".

[4] A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland, seventh edition, vol. II, Sir Bernard Burke, Harrison and Sons, 1886, p. 1467

[5] "The joy of cloudspotting: 10 incredible visions in clouds". TED Blog. 16 July 2013. Retrieved 7 October 2018.

[6] "Expert in idleness is surprise winner of science book prize", The Independent, 18 November 2011

[wwcomp-7] "The Wavewatcher's Companion". Archived from the original on 10 September 2016. Retrieved 6 February 2011.

[8] "Daily Telegraph review". The Daily Telegraph. London. 13 June 2010.

[9] "Cloudspotting". BBC.

[10] "The Secret Life of Waves". BBC.

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