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Name
  
Gavin Pretor-Pinney

Role
  
Author

Education
  
Westminster School


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Books
  
The Cloudspotter's Guide: Th, The Ukulele Handbook, The Wavewatcher's Companion, The Cloud Collector's Handbook, Cloud Spotters Guide Ss

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Gavin Edmund Pretor-Pinney is a British author, known for his book The Wavewatcher's Companion.

Contents

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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 Somerton, Somerset.

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Awards and honours

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  • 2011 Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books, winner, The Wavewatcher's Companion

    • Works

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  • The Cloudspotter's Guide (2006)
  • The Cloud Collector's Handbook (2006)
  • A Pig with Six Legs and Other Clouds (2007)
  • The Wavewatcher's Companion (2010)
  • The Ukulele Handbook (September 2013; Co-written with Tom Hodgkinson)

    • TV appearances

  • Presented on BBC TV: Cloudspotting
  • Appeared on BBC TV: The Secret Life of Waves

    • References

    Gavin Pretor-Pinney Wikipedia
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