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Hoskins, W.G.

Born - Died : 1908 - 1992

English historian, born in Exeter. His book on the Making of the English Landscape took an evolutionary approach to explaining how landscape was made. The book was followed by a BBC TV programme on Landscapes of England (1976-8). Hoskins popularised the use of the word landscape with a geographical connotation.