Maggie Keswick Jencks
Maggie Keswick Jencks | |
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Statue of Maggie Jencks at Maggie's Centre in Edinburgh | |
Born |
Maggie Keswick October 10, 1941 Cowhill, Dumfries, Scotland |
Died |
July 8, 1995 53) London, England | (aged
Nationality | Scottish |
Occupation |
Writer Artist Garden designer |
Years active | 1978-1995 |
Spouse(s) | Charles Jencks |
Maggie Keswick Jencks (10 October 1941 – 8 July 1995)[1] was a writer, artist, garden designer and co-founder of Maggie's Centres.[2]
Early life
Maggie Keswick Jencks was born at Cowhill, Dumfries in Scotland[2] the only child of Sir John Keswick and Clare Elwes.[1] Maggie's father was taipan of Jardine Matheson, the influential Scottish-Chinese trading company. The family spent time in Hong Kong and Shanghai as well as the UK.[3] Maggie was schooled in England and read English at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford. After working in fashion, she studied at the Architectural Association in London and in 1978 she published The Chinese Garden: History, Art and Architecture.
Career
In 1978, Maggie married Charles Jencks, writer and landscape artist, with whom she founded the first Maggie's Centres in Edinburgh, which opened in 1996.
See also
- Maggie's Centres
- A bust of Jencks is on display in the Hall of Heroes of the National Wallace Monument in Stirling.
Works and publications
- Keswick, Maggie; Jencks, Charles; Hardie, Alison (1978). The Chinese Garden: History, Art and Architecture. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-01086-4. OCLC 223412044.
Title and styles
- Miss Margaret Keswick ( 1941 - 1978)
- Mrs Margaret (Maggie) Keswick Jenks (1978 - 1995)
References
- 1 2 Dingwall, Christopher (2006). Ewan, Elizabeth; Innes, Sue; Reynolds, Siân, eds. The Biographical Dictionary of Scottish Women From the Earliest Times to 2004. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. p. 196. ISBN 978-0-748-62660-1. OCLC 938839302.
- 1 2 Saxon, Wolfgang (15 July 1995). "Maggie Keswick, 53, Expert on Chinese Gardens". The New York Times.
- ↑ Kellaway, Kate (19 February 2011). "Maggie's centres: how one woman's vision is changing cancer treatment". The Guardian.