Eben Gowrie Waterhouse, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Eben Gowrie Waterhouse

Australian linguist and camellia expert

Date of Birth: 29-Apr-1881

Place of Birth: Waverley, New South Wales, Australia

Date of Death: 17-Aug-1977

Profession: writer, linguist

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Eben Gowrie Waterhouse OBE CMG (1881–1977) was an Australian who had three distinguished careers.
Starting out as an innovative teacher of languages, he became one of Australia's most prominent Germanists when classical German culture still commanded worldwide respect.
Between the Wars in Sydney he was a leading arbiter of taste in house-and-garden living, fostering a conception of garden design which still dominates much of the Sydney North Shore and parts of Melbourne.
Finally, in his long retirement he brought about, as scholar and plant-breeder, an international revival of interest in the genus Camellia.