Tim smit biography

British businessman

Sir Timothy Bartel SmitKBE (born 25 September 1954)^[1] is a Dutch-born British businessman who jointly helped create the Lost Gardens of Heligan, and the Eden Project in Cornwall, United Kingdom.

Early life

Tim Smit was born in Scheveningen, the son of airline KLM chief executive Jan Smit^[2] and his English wife.

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Sir Tim Smit KBE was born in Holland on 25 September He read Archaeology and Anthropology at Durham University.

Tim Smit's Biography.

He was educated in England at Vinehall School,^[3]East Sussex, and Cranbrook School, Kent, before going on to study archaeology and anthropology at Hatfield College, Durham.

Career

He worked as an archaeologist before working as both a songwriter and producer receiving seven platinum and gold discs.

In 1987 he moved with his family to Cornwall and became involved with Rob Poole, John Nelson and The Lost Gardens of Heligan. Smit wrote a book about the project.

With architect Jonathan Ball, he jointly created the Eden Project, near St Austell, an £80 million initiative to build two transparent bio