About Susan Jellicoe
Lived 1907 – 1986 (aged 79). Susan Jellicoe was a British photographer.
Susan Jellicoe, Lady Jellicoe (; 30 June 1907 – 1 August 1986) was an English plantswoman, photographer, writer, and editor who worked in collaboration with her husband, the landscape architect Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe. Her main interest was in landscape and garden design.
Early life and education Susan Jellicoe (christened Ursula but known as Susan or Sue) was born in Liverpool on 30 June 1907, the third child of Margaret "Daisy" Ellis (; 1879–1964) and Sir Bernard Pares, KBE (1867–1949), a historian and academic known for his work on Russia.
In 1985, she was awarded an honorary degree by the University of Sheffield faculty of Landscape Architecture. Water: The Use of Water in Landscape Architecture (1971) and The Landscape of Man (1975).
With Lady Margery Allen, she co-wrote The Things We See: Gardens (1953), The New Small Garden (1956) and Town Gardens To Live In (1977). She was also co-author of The Oxford Companion to Gardens with Geoffrey Jellicoe, Patrick Goode and Michael Lancaster (1986).
With Dame Sylvia Crowe and Sheila Haywood, she contributed research and photographs to The Gardens of Mughal India: A History and a Guide (1972). From 1961 to 1965, Jellicoe edited The Observer's Gardening Panel. She was editor of the Landscape Institute magazine Landscape Design for 20 years. alongside the Geoffrey Jellicoe Collection.
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British photographer, writer and editor (1907–1986)
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Susan Jellicoe was born on 30 June 1907 in Liverpool.
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Susan Jellicoe died on 1 August 1986 in London Borough of Barnet.
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Susan Jellicoe was a photographer.
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