Research on the landscape gardens of Humphry Repton in Herts & Norfolk
Professor Tom Williamson, Professor of History, University of East Anglia will talk about recent research on the Gardens of Humphrey Repton in Hertfordshire & Norfolk. Tom Williamson is both a landscape historian and archaeologist with wide-ranging interests. He currently works with others on a study of the important Anglo-Saxon site at Rendlesham in Suffolk. He also researches designed landscapes, especially parks and gardens of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and is currently involved with the Gardens Trusts of Hertfordshire and Norfolk in researching the work of the designer Humphry Repton in these two counties. He teaches courses on landscape history at undergraduate and MA level, and supervises MPhil and PhD students researching a variety of subjects related to landscape history, agricultural history, and the history of landscape design.
Time: 19:30 GMT
