Gavin Pretor-Pinney
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Gavin Edmund Pretor-Pinney is a British
designer and author of the best-selling The Cloudspotter's Guide (ISBN 0-340-89589-6).
Pretor-Pinney attended Westminster School
, the University of Oxford
, and Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design
. He co-founded the magazine The Idler
and founded the Cloud Appreciation Society
in 2004.
He grew up in West London and now also lives in Somerset
.
United Kingdom
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designer and author of the best-selling The Cloudspotter's Guide (ISBN 0-340-89589-6).
Pretor-Pinney attended Westminster School
Westminster School
The Royal College of St. Peter in Westminster, almost always known as Westminster School, is one of Britain's leading independent schools, with the highest Oxford and Cambridge acceptance rate of any secondary school or college in Britain...
, the University of Oxford
University of Oxford
The University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...
, and Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design
Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design
Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design is a constituent college of the University of the Arts London. The school has an outstanding international reputation, and is considered one of the world's leading art and design institutions...
. He co-founded the magazine The Idler
The Idler (1993)
The Idler is a yearly British magazine devoted to its ethos of 'idling'. Founded in 1993 by Tom Hodgkinson and Gavin Pretor-Pinney, the publication's intention is to return dignity to the art of loafing, to make idling into something to aspire towards rather than reject.The magazine combines the...
and founded the Cloud Appreciation Society
Cloud Appreciation Society
The Cloud Appreciation Society is a society founded by Gavin Pretor-Pinney from the United Kingdom in January 2005. The society aims to foster understanding and appreciation of clouds, and has over 22,000 members worldwide from 83 different countries, as of July 2010.Yahoo named the society's...
in 2004.
He grew up in West London and now also lives in Somerset
Somerset
The ceremonial and non-metropolitan county of Somerset in South West England borders Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west. It is partly bounded to the north and west by the Bristol Channel and the estuary of the...
.
Awards and honors
- 2011 Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books, winner, The Wavewatcher's Companion