Gertrude Jekyll (1843-1932) was famous for her work in which field?
Gertrude Jekyll internationally important collection of traditional household items that she collected during her life and that she gifted to Surrey Archaeological Society. Some artefacts associated with her life and work are also housed there. On November 29, 2017, which would have been Jekyll's 174th birthday, a Google Doodle was released honoring her. Gertrude Jekyll Gertrude Jekyll ( ; 29 November 1843 – 8 December 1932) was a British horticulturist, garden designer, craftswoman, photographer, writer and artist. She created over 400 gardens in the United Kingdom, Europe and the United States, and wrote over 1,000 articles for magazines such as "Country Life"
Gertrude Jekyll wife Julia Hammersley. Her younger brother, Walter Jekyll (an Anglican priest; sometime Minor Canon of Worcester Cathedral and Chaplain of Malta), was a friend of Robert Louis Stevenson, who borrowed the family name for his famous novella "Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde". In 1848 her family left London and moved to Bramley House, Surrey, where she spent her formative years. She never married and had no children. Jekyll was one half of one of the most influential and historical partnerships of the Arts and Crafts movement, thanks to her association with the English architect, Edwin Lutyens, for whose projects she