David Jacques, OBE, is a landscape historian and conservationist with an interest in cultural landscapes and landscape aesthetics. He has previously served as an Inspector of Historic Parks and Gardens at English Heritage, a consultant on historic garden restoration projects such as the Privy Garden at Hampton Court, and an advisor to ICOMOS on World Heritage Site nominations. He has taught landscape conservation for MA courses at the Institute of Advanced Architectural Studies at York, the Landscape Conservation MA at the Architectural Association, and the Institute of Historical Research at the University of London. His first publication on landscape aesthetics was in 1980, and his Landscape Appreciation: Theories since the Cultural Turn, a prequel to this book, appeared in 2019.