Anne Cocker continued to breed roses until her eighties, winning multiple horticultural awards.
12 Facts About Anne Cocker
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Anne Cocker was born on 25 May 1920, in a tenement in Aberdeen, Scotland, the daughter of John and Barbara Rennie.
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Anne Cocker's father worked as a granite mason and draughtsman.
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At the beginning of World War II, Anne Cocker joined the Civil Defence Service, serving as an ambulance driver.
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Anne Cocker introduced the new rose variety in 1978, the year after Alec died of a heart attack.
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Anne Cocker continued to develop new rose varieties well into her eighties.
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Anne Cocker inherited Alec's Royal Warrant, and later served as president of the Aberdeen Association of Royal Warrant Holders.
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Anne Cocker's work had a major influence on Tom Carruth, an American, award-winning rose hybridizer.
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Anne Cocker was appointed Burgess of the Guild of Aberdeen in 1983.
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In 1999, Anne Cocker was the recipient of the RNRS's most prestigious award, the Dean Hole Medal.
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In 2009, Anne Cocker was awarded the People's Choice Award, at the Glasgow International Rose Trials, for her hybrid tea rose, 'With All My Love'.
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Anne Cocker died 21 November 2014, at the age of 94, in Banchory, Scotland.