Roger Swain
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Roger Swain | |
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 Swain presents at the North Conway Community Center. (Photo by Daymond Steer) | |
| Born | February 5, 1949 Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. |
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Roger Bartlett Swain (born 5 February 1949, Cambridge, Massachusetts), known as "the man with the red suspenders", is most famous for hosting The Victory Garden on PBS from the mid-1980s until 2001.
Career
[edit]From 1978 to 2008 he was writer and science editor at Horticulture Magazine. He is the author of five books: Earthly Pleasures, Field Days,[1] The Practical Gardener,[2] Saving Graces,[3] and Groundwork.
From 2005 to 2006 he was the co-host of the television show People, Places, and Plants with Paul Tukey on HGTV.
Personal life and education
[edit]He graduated from Harvard College with B.A. in 1971 and M.A. in 1972 and went on to earn in 1977 a Ph.D. from Harvard University in Biology.[4]
Roger was married for 31 years to Elisabeth Ward Swain, who died in February 2008.
References
[edit]- ↑ "Review of Field Days: Journal of an Itinerant Biologist by Roger B. Swain". The Wilson Quarterly. Spring 1984.
- ↑ "Review of The Practical Gardener: A Guide to Breaking New Ground by Roger B. Swain". Publishers Weekly. 1 April 1989.
- ↑ "Review of Saving Graces: Sojourns of a Backyard Biologist by Roger B. Swain". Kirkus Reviews. 8 October 1991.
- ↑ "Roger B. Swain Biography". bookrags.com. 2006.
External links
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Quotations related to Roger Swain at Wikiquote- Roger Swain teaches you how to grown (sic) your own community garden
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