Christopher Bird was a best-selling author, specialising in unconventional beliefs. His notable works included The Secret Life of Plants

The Secret Life of Plants

The Secret Life of Plants is a book by Peter Tompkins and Christopher Bird, described as "A fascinating account of the physical, emotional, and spiritual relations between plants and man."...

which was co-authored with Peter Tompkins

Peter Tompkins

Peter Tompkins was an American journalist, World War II Office of Strategic Services spy in Rome, and best-selling occult author....

 and The Divining Hand: The 500-Year-Old Mystery of Dowsing.

Bird travelled widely and spoke many languages, among them Russian, French, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese and Serbo-Croat. He had degrees in botany

Botany

Botany, plant science, or plant biology is a branch of biology that involves the scientific study of plant life. Traditionally, botany also included the study of fungi, algae and viruses...

 and Eastern Studies.

He was born in Norwood, Massachusetts

Norwood, Massachusetts

Norwood is a town and census-designated place in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 28,602. The community was named after Norwood, England...

 and died in Blairsville, Georgia

Blairsville, Georgia

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 659 people, 226 households, and 101 families residing in the city. The population density was 619.7 people per square mile . There were 261 housing units at an average density of 245.4 per square mile...

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