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G.F. Dutton

Born

in Chester, England

December 30, 1924

Died

June 01, 2010

Genre

Poetry, Mountaineering, Gardening

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Geoffrey Fraser Dutton was an English-born scientist who lived in Scotland for most of his life. He was a mountaineer, poet, wild-water swimmer, and the creator and chronicler of a remarkable garden on the Highland boundary fault.

Dutton's studies in biological science took him to Edinburgh in 1949. He crossed paths with figures of the Scottish Renaissance in the 1950s – their famous haunt, Milne's Bar, was also the pub of preference of the Scottish Mountaineering Club – but it was not until 1973 that, with the help of Anne Stevenson, he put forward his poems for publication. In the austerity of their language, they are reflective of the landscapes which he found in his adopted homeland.

He also wrote books on wild-water swimming (Swimming Fr ...more

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Average rating: 4.0 · 24 ratings · 7 reviews · 21 distinct works

	Some Branch Against the Sky: The Practice and Principles of Marginal Gardening really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1997 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ridiculous Mountains and Nothing so Simple as Climbing 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1997 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Harvesting the Edge: Some Personal Explorations from a Marginal Garden 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1995 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Bare Abundance: Selected Poems 1975-2001 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2002 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Concrete Garden 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1991	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ridiculous Mountains: Tales of the Doctor and his Friends Among the Highland Hills it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1984 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Year's Colour in a Marginal Garden really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1998	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Camp one 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1978	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nothing so Simple as Climbing 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1993 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Squaring the Waves 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1986	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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