Harold Koopowitz

Harold Koopowitz grew up in the Eastern Cape of South Africa where he spent most of his childhood exploring the plants and animals of the veldt. He has a M.Sc. degree from Rhodes University in South Africa and a Ph.D. from UCLA. Harold lives in Orange County, Southern California where he is Professor Emeritus in Biology at the University of California at Irvine. He has written a number of non-fiction books on conservation and gardening topics as well as over a hundred papers and chapters on...See more

Harold Koopowitz grew up in the Eastern Cape of South Africa where he spent most of his childhood exploring the plants and animals of the veldt. He has a M.Sc. degree from Rhodes University in South Africa and a Ph.D. from UCLA. Harold lives in Orange County, Southern California where he is Professor Emeritus in Biology at the University of California at Irvine. He has written a number of non-fiction books on conservation and gardening topics as well as over a hundred papers and chapters on scientific topics. His hobbies include breeding orchid and daffodil hybrids and writing. He shares a modest home and very large greenhouse with his husband Stephen Hampson who is horticulturist and proofreader supreme. Harold has been honored with the Herbert Medal from the International Plant Life Society; the Westonbirt Orchid Medal as well as the Ralph B. White Medal for innovation in daffodil breeding both from the Royal Horticultural Society. He has been recognized with the Orchid Digest Medal for meritorious work on orchids as well as Gold Medals from the American Orchid Society and the American Daffodil Society for his contributions to both orchid and daffodil worlds. See less