About Raymond C Booth

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    Raymond Booth was a botanical, wildlife and natural history artist of international renown who lived a reclusive life in Yorkshire and exhibited at the Fine Art Society.

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    He grew and painted many rare species of Japanese plants

    1929 - Born and raised in the area of Roundhay. a suburb in north east Leeds. His father was a member of the local police force.

    It might reasonably be surmised that as a child he probably made good use of Roundhay Park which is the second largest urban park in Europe, comprising more than 700 acres (2.8 km2) of parkland, lakes and woodland used by numerous species of wildlife

    1946 - he won a scholarship to Leeds College of Art at the
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