secretary of the society; but was indexed under Fairchild's name at the British Museum. Legacy Apart from the annual "Fairchild Sermon" (see above), Fairchild's Garden remains as a public park near Columbia Road Market in Hoxton. Fairchild is honoured in the name of the Thomas Fairchild Community School, Shoreditch. Notes References Wulf, Andrea, The Brother Gardeners: A Generation of Gentlemen Naturalists and the Birth of an Obsession, 2008, William Heinemann (US: Vintage Books), Further reading 1667 births 1729 deaths People from Hoxton English gardeners 18th-century British botanists English horticulturists