Thomas Hill (ca. 1528 - ca. 1574) was an English

astrologer Astrology is a range of Divination, divinatory practices, recognized as pseudoscientific since the 18th century, that propose that information about human affairs and terrestrial events may be discerned by studying the apparent positions ...

, writer and translator who most probably also wrote as Didymus Mountain.Bibliography of works on gardening, reprinted from the second edition of "A history of gardening in England" (1897), auth. Cecil, Evelyn, Mrs, London

Life

Hill described himself as a Londoner, who had received a modest education, although this did include a knowledge of Latin and Italian.

Works

He was the author of the first popular book in English about

gardening Gardening is the process of growing plants for their vegetables, fruits, flowers, herbs, and appearances within a designated space. Gardens fulfill a wide assortment of purposes, notably the production of Aesthetics, aesthetically pleasing area ...

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The profitable arte of gardening ''The Profitable Arte of Gardening'' was the first book about gardening published in England, being first published in 1563 under the title ''A Most Briefe and Pleasaunte Treatise, Teaching How to Dresse, Sowe, and Set a Garden''. It was written ...

'' — which was first published in 1563 under the title ''A most briefe and pleasaunte treatyse, teachynge how to dresse, sowe, and set a garden''. He went on to write other popular works, such as ''The Proffitable Arte of Gardening'' (1568) and '' The Gardener's Labyrinth'' (1577). The latter work was originally published after Hill's death under the name of Didymus Mountain, now generally attributed to Thomas Hill. In 1988, the Oxford University Press produced a paperback reprint of this book under the name Thomas Hill. Hill also published works on

arithmetic Arithmetic is an elementary branch of mathematics that deals with numerical operations like addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. In a wider sense, it also includes exponentiation, extraction of roots, and taking logarithms. ...

astrology Astrology is a range of Divination, divinatory practices, recognized as pseudoscientific since the 18th century, that propose that information about human affairs and terrestrial events may be discerned by studying the apparent positions ...

, the

interpretation of dreams ''The Interpretation of Dreams'' () is an 1899 book by Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis, in which the author introduces his theory of the unconscious with respect to dream interpretation, and discusses what would later become the th ...

and

physiognomy Physiognomy () or face reading is the practice of assessing a person's character or personality from their outer appearance—especially the face. The term can also refer to the general appearance of a person, object, or terrain without referenc ...

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