was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award by The Furniture Makers’ Company, the City of London livery company and charity for the furnishing industry. Academic honours In 2007, he received an honorary degree from London South Bank University and, in August 2012, an honorary doctorate from the University of Pretoria. In May 2012, he received an honorary professorship from the University for the Creative Arts. Personal life Conran married architect Brenda Davison in 1952 at the age of 19; the marriage lasted six months. Conran married his second wife, journalist Shirley Pearce, in 1955 with whom he had two sons – Sebastian and Jasper – before they divorced in 1962. Conran married his third wife, cookery writer Caroline Herbert, the following year. The marriage lasted for 33 years and produced three children – Tom, Sophie, and Edmund – before ending in divorce in 1996. Conran married his fourth wife, Victoria Davis, in 2000. Death Sir Terence Conran died on 12 September 2020, at the age of 88. Bibliography The House Book. Pub. Mitchell Beazley, 1974. . The Kitchen Book. Crown Publishers, 1977. The Bed and Bath Book. Crown Publishers, 1978. . The Cook Book. with Caroline Conran. Crown Publishers, 1980. ,. The Vegetable Book. Crescent, 1984. . Terence Conran's New House book. Villard Books, 1985. . Terence Conran's plants at home. with Susan Conder. Conran Octopus, 1986. . Terence Conran's France. with Pierrette Pompon Bailhache, Maurice Croizard. Little, Brown, 1987. . Terence Conran's Home Furnishings. 1987. . Terence Conran's do-it-yourself with style. Simon & Schuster, 1989. . Tableware. with Jeremy Myerson, Sylvia Katz. Pub. Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1990. Conran's Decorating with Plants. Smithmark Pub, 1990. . Terence Conran's garden style, with John McGowan. Ed. Roger DuBern. Crown Publishers, 1991. . The Soft furnishings book. Conran Octopus, 1995. The French Room: Simple French Style for Your Home. with Elizabeth Wilhide. Conran Octopus, 1995. . Terence Conran on design. Conran Octopus, 1996. . The Essential Garden Book (Co-authored with Dan Pearson), Three Rivers Press, 1998. . Terence Conran's Easy Living. Soma Books, 1999. . Terence Conran on restaurants. Overlook Press, 2000. . Terence Conran Small Spaces. Clarkson N Potter Publishers, 2001. . Kitchens: the hub of the home. Clarkson Potter/Publishers, 2002. . Bathrooms: just add water. Conran Octopus, 2004. . Designers on Design. with Max Fraser. Collins Design, 2005. . The Ultimate House Book: For Home Design in the Twenty-First Century. Ed.