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David Lawson Jacques PhD OBE is a British garden historian. He specializes in landscape conservation and the history of 17th and 18th century gardens.[1] He was prominent in the campaign to have cultural landscapes admitted to the World Heritage List in 1992, and served on the ICOMOS World Heritage Panel 2020-1 and 2022-3.

Jacques was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2022 Birthday Honours for services to garden history and conservation.[2]

Career

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Jacques was at Wellington College, Berkshire, from 1962 to 1967, then studied engineering at Leeds University, followed by landscape architecture at the University of Sheffield. His doctorate from the Courtauld Institute of Art, on English formal gardens, followed much later (c. 1990), after he had established a career as a consultant, author, and from 1987 English Heritage's first permanent inspector of parks and gardens.[3]

He was Chairman of the Garden History Society’s Conservation Committee from 1996, then Chairman of the Society from 1998 to 2000. Jacques was also a Trustee of the Landscape Design Trust (publisher of journals in the landscape design world) from 1994 until 2018.[4]

Jacques was a Trustee of the Chiswick House & Gardens Trust from its founding in 2005 until 2019; he had already been a consultant there from 1983 and involved through English Heritage.[5]

Books

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  • Georgian Gardens: The Reign of Nature (Batsfords, 1983)[6]
  • The Gardens of William and Mary (Christopher Helm, 1978)
  • Essential to the Pracktick Part of Phisick: The London Apothecaries 1540-1617 (Honourable Society of Apothecaries of London, 1992)
  • Landscape Modernism Renounced: The Career of Christopher Tunnard, 1910-1978 (Routledge, 2009)[7]
  • Gardens of Court and Country: English Design 1630-1730 (Paul Mellon Centre, 2017)[8]
  • Landscape Appreciation: Theories since the Cultural Turn (Packard Publishing, 2019)
  • Chiswick House Gardens: 300 Years of Creation and Re-creation (Historic England, 2022)
  • The Fabulous Peshalls: Genealogy and Fraud (North Staffordshire Press, 2023)
  • Teaching Landscape History (Routledge, 2024)
  • Tudor and Stuart Royal Gardens (Windgather Press, 2024)

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David Jacques

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David Jacques is a British archaeologist known for his research on the Mesolithic period and his leadership in uncovering key evidence about early human activity in the Stonehenge landscape. As Project Director of excavations at Vespasian’s Camp (also known as Blick Mead) since 2005, he has overseen discoveries that identified the oldest known occupation site in the Stonehenge area, dating to around 8500 BC, and revealed insights into the communities likely responsible for constructing the earliest monuments at Stonehenge. These findings have reshaped scholarly understanding of Mesolithic settlement patterns and practices in the region, challenging previous assumptions about the landscape's pre-Neolithic history. Jacques' work at the site has garnered significant recognition, including his election as a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in 2013 for the importance of the discoveries, and a nomination for Research Project of the Year by Current Archaeology magazine (runner-up to the Richard III excavation). He is also a Fulbright alumnus and was selected in 2011 as one of only two "Outstanding" British alumni of the Fulbright Teacher Program over its first 60 years. Additionally, he received the 2010 Open University Teaching Prize for his integration of fieldwork at Vespasian’s Camp with student learning. His research and excavations have attracted media attention, featuring in BBC programs and press coverage. He currently serves as Professorial Research Fellow in Archaeology at the University of Buckingham and teaches on the University of Cambridge International Summer Programme, leading courses on prehistoric landscapes, venerated sites from the Palaeolithic to the Bronze Age, and phenomena such as stone circles including Stonehenge. Earlier in his career, between 2005 and 2008, he established and directed a charity that secured substantial educational investments in the Republic of Georgia.

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David Jacques has directed excavations at Vespasian’s Camp (also known as Blick Mead) near Stonehenge since 2005, uncovering significant evidence of Mesolithic activity in the area. His research identified the oldest known occupation site in the Stonehenge landscape, dating to around 8500 BC, and provided new insights into the pre-Neolithic communities that likely influenced the construction of early monuments at Stonehenge. These findings have reshaped understanding of Mesolithic settlement patterns in the region. Between 2005 and 2008, Jacques established and directed a charity focused on securing educational investments in the Republic of Georgia. He currently holds the position of Professorial Research Fellow in Archaeology at the University of Buckingham and teaches courses on prehistoric landscapes and venerated sites (from the Palaeolithic to the Bronze Age), including phenomena such as stone circles and Stonehenge, for the University of Cambridge International Summer Programme. Jacques' work has received notable recognition. In 2013, he was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries for the significance of his discoveries at Blick Mead. His project was nominated for Research Project of the Year by Current Archaeology magazine (runner-up to the Richard III excavation). As a Fulbright alumnus, he was selected in 2011 as one of only two "Outstanding" British alumni of the Fulbright Teacher Program over its first 60 years. He also received the 2010 Open University Teaching Prize for integrating fieldwork at Vespasian’s Camp with student learning. His excavations and research have been featured in BBC programs and other media coverage.

Personal life

Little is publicly known about David Jacques's personal life. No YouTube career is documented for David Jacques, who is known exclusively for his work as an archaeologist. This section contains misattributed content about an unrelated individual and has been removed.

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