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| birth_date = 1972<br />
| birth_place = [[New Delhi]], [[India]]<br />
| occupation = Writer<br />
| genre = [[Non-fiction]]<br />
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| notableworks = ''The Brother Gardeners'', ''This Other Eden'', ''Founding Gardeners'', ''[[Chasing Venus: the Race to Measure the Heavens|Chasing Venus]]'', ''[[The Invention of Nature|The Invention of Nature: Alexander Humboldt's New World]]''<br />
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'''Andrea Wulf''' (born 1972) is a German-British [[historian]] and [[writer]] who has written books, newspaper articles and book reviews.<br />
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== Biography ==<br />
Wulf was born in [[New Delhi]], [[India]], a child of German developmental aid workers, and spent the first five years of her life there then grew up in [[Hamburg]].<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2018-07-06|title=A conversation with ‘Founding Gardeners’ author Andrea Wulf|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/a-conversation-with-founding-gardeners-author-andrea-wulf/2011/04/26/AFNg8z2G_story.html|website=Washington Post}}</ref> She studied first at the University of Lüneburg, and then design history at [[The Royal College of Art]], [[London]].<br />
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Wulf is a [[public speaker]], delivering lectures in the UK and USA. She was the guest speaker at the [[Kitt Peak National Observatory]].<br />
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Her book ''The Brother Gardeners'' was long-listed for the [[Samuel Johnson Prize]]<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2019-12-08|title=Samuel Johnson Prize Latest News|url=http://www.thesamueljohnsonprize.co.uk/pages/news/index.asp?NewsID=13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120213113611/http://www.thesamueljohnsonprize.co.uk/pages/news/index.asp?NewsID=13|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 February 2012|date=13 February 2012}}</ref> and received a [[Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries, Inc. (CBHL)|CBHL Annual Literature Award]] in 2010.<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2019-12-08|title=2010 Annual CBHL Literature Award [Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries]|url=http://www.cbhl.net/litaward/press_2010.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100708044041/http://www.cbhl.net/litaward/press_2010.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 July 2010|date=8 July 2010}}</ref> In 2016, she won the [[Royal Society Prizes for Science Books|Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book Prize]]<ref>{{cite news|first1=Alison|last1=Flood|accessdate=2019-12-08|title=Alexander von Humboldt biography wins Royal Society science book prize|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/sep/19/royal-society-science-book-prize-andrea-wulf-the-invention-of-nature|newspaper=The Guardian|date=19 September 2016|issn=0261-3077|via=www.theguardian.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://royalsociety.org/news/2016/09/royal-society-announces-the-winner-of-the-royal-society-insight-investment-science-book-prize-2016/|title=The Royal Society announces the winner of the Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book Prize 2016|website=royalsociety.org|access-date=2016-09-22}}</ref> and the [[Royal Geographical Society]]'s [[Ness Award]] for her book ''[[The Invention of Nature]].''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.rgs.org/post/144079574033/2016-medals-and-awards-recipients-announced|title=2016 medals and awards recipients announced|publisher= Royal Geographical Society|accessdate= 1 December 2016}}</ref><br />
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==''Chasing Venus: the Race to Measure the Heavens''==<br />
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''Chasing Venus: the Race to Measure the Heavens'' (2012) is a non-fiction book about expeditions of scientists who set off around the world in 1761 and 1769 to collect data relating to the [[transit of Venus]] and thereby to measure and understand better the universe. The narrative style provides glimpses into the personalities of those involved, their aims and obsessions, their failures and discoveries, and provides the historic context of the period in the 18th century when modern-day scientifically accurate mapping and international scientific collaboration began. Dramatis personae include [[Joseph Banks]], [[Catherine the Great]], [[Jean-Baptiste Chappe d'Auteroche]], [[James Cook]], [[Joseph-Nicolas Delisle]], [[Jeremiah Dixon]], [[Benjamin Franklin]], [[Edmond Halley]], [[Maximilian Hell]], [[Guillaume Le Gentil]], [[Mikhail Lomonosov]], [[Nevil Maskelyne]], [[Charles Mason]], Alexandre-Gui Pingré, [[David Rittenhouse]], [[James Short (mathematician)|James Short]], [[Pehr Wilhelm Wargentin]], [[John Winthrop (educator)|John Winthrop]], and members of the [[American Philosophical Society]], [[French Academy of Sciences]], [[Royal Society]], [[Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences]], and [[Russian Academy of Sciences]].<ref>A. Wulf. Chasing Venus: The Race to Measure the Heavens. NY: Knopf, 2012</ref><br />
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==''The Invention of Nature''==<br />
{{Main|The Invention of Nature}}<br />
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''The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World'' (2015) is a nonfiction book about the Prussian naturalist, explorer and geographer [[Alexander von Humboldt]]. Wulf makes the case that Humboldt synthesized knowledge from many different fields to form a vision of nature as one interconnected system, that would go on to influence scientists, activists and the public.<br />
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==Books==<br />
* ''This Other Eden: Seven Great Gardens and 300 Years of English History'' Little, Brown, 2005, {{ISBN|9780316725804}}<ref>{{cite news|first1=Jill|last1=Sinclair|accessdate=2019-12-08|title=Review: The New Garden Paradise and This Other Eden|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2005/nov/26/featuresreviews.guardianreview6|newspaper=The Guardian|date=26 November 2005|issn=0261-3077|via=www.theguardian.com}}</ref><br />
* ''The Brother Gardeners: A Generation of Gentlemen Naturalists and the Birth of an Obsession'' Vintage Books, 2008, {{ISBN|9780307454751}}<ref>{{cite news|first1=Mark|last1=Cocker|accessdate=2019-12-08|title=Review: The Brother Gardeners by Andrea Wulf|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2008/may/10/history2|newspaper=The Guardian|date=9 May 2008|issn=0261-3077|via=www.theguardian.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|accessdate=2019-12-08|title=The pioneer plant hunters|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/non_fictionreviews/3672554/The-pioneer-plant-hunters.html|date=12 April 2008|issn=0307-1235|via=www.telegraph.co.uk}}</ref><br />
* ''Founding Gardeners: The Revolutionary Generation, Nature, and the Shaping of the American Nation'' Knopf Doubleday, 2012, {{ISBN|9780307390684}}<ref>{{cite news|first1=Miranda|last1=Seymour|accessdate=2019-12-08|title=The Founding Gardeners: How the Revolutionary Generation Created an American Eden by Andrea Wulf: review|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/bookreviews/8345004/The-Founding-Gardeners-How-the-Revolutionary-Generation-Created-an-American-Eden-by-Andrea-Wulf-review.html|date=25 February 2011|issn=0307-1235|via=www.telegraph.co.uk}}</ref><br />
* ''Chasing Venus: the Race to Measure the Heavens'' (2012) {{ISBN|9780307958617}}<ref>{{cite news|first1=Tom|last1=Payne|accessdate=2019-12-08|title=Chasing Venus: The Race to Measure the Heavens by Andrea Wulf: review|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/bookreviews/9331653/Chasing-Venus-The-Race-to-Measure-the-Heavens-by-Andrea-Wulf-review.html|date=18 June 2012|issn=0307-1235|via=www.telegraph.co.uk}}</ref><br />
* ''[[The Invention of Nature|The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World]]'', Knopf, 2015, {{ISBN|9781848548985}}<br />
* ''The Adventures of Alexander Von Humboldt'' Pantheon, 2019 (co-authored with Lillian Melcher - illustrator) {{ISBN |9781524747374}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{Official website|www.andreawulf.com}}<br />
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