Thomas Affleck (planter), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Thomas Affleck (planter)

Scottish-American nurseryman, almanac editor, and agrarian writer and Southern planter.

Date of Birth: 13-Jul-1812

Place of Birth: Dumfries, Scotland, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 30-Dec-1868

Profession: writer, planter

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Thomas Affleck (1812–1868) was a Scottish-American nurseryman, almanac editor, and agrarian writer and Southern planter.
He published the Southern Rural Almanac and Plantation and Garden Calendar from 1851 to 1861. He owned a plantation in Washington, Mississippi and, in 1859 purchased Glenblythe Plantation in Gay Hill, Washington County, Texas.
He was the first Southern writer whose work on plants was widely read; in addition, he published books on his cultivation of cotton and sugar at his plantation.