Nan Fairbrother

''Nan Fairbrother'' (1913-1971) was an English writer and journalist not a landscape architect. She was born in Coventry, England and attended the University of London, graduating with honors in English. She married William McKenzie, a physician, before World War II and wrote her first book about raising her sons in the country while her husband served with the Royal Air Force (RAF). Her brother (James Alick (Rex) Fairbrother) was a landscape architect. Nan Fairbrother wrote the following books: *'An English Year' (1954) *'Men and Gardens' (1956) *'The Cheerful Day' (1960) *'The House in the Country' (1965) *'New Lives:New Landscapes' (1970, winner of the WH Smith Literary Award). *'The Nature of Landscape Design: As an Art Form a Craft a Social Necessity' (1974) Category:People from Coventry Category:1913 births Category:1971 deaths