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.

Awards and honours

Works

Television appearances

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

References

  1. 1 2 "The Cloudspotter's Guide". Conville and Walsh.
  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
  7. ↑ "The Wavewatcher's Companion".
  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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