David Taylor Fish

David Taylor Fish FRHA (25 September 1824 — 22 April 1901) was a 19th-century Scottish gardener and horticultural writer.

David Fish was born at Old Scone, Scotland, United Kingdom on 25 September 1824.

[1] He followed in the footsteps of David Douglas -- also from Scone -- from whom he would have learnt much and acquired a desire to study plants as well as grow them.

[2] Around 1838, while a teenager, Fish began working as an apprentice at Scone Palace under James Dodds.

[3] From 1842 to 1845 he worked at Putteridge Bury, under his brother and then was head gardener at various manor houses and estates, including Hardwick House in Suffolk,[1] where he remained for many years, starting in 1855.