Thomas Coke Watkins Birthdate:1800 (75) Death: Died 1875 Immediate Family: Son of Archibald Washington Watkins and Elizabeth Watkins Husband of Elizabeth Ann Watkins Father of George Rust Watkins... John Richard Jefferies (6 November 1848 - 14 August 1887) was an English nature writer, noted for his depiction of English rural life in essays, books of natural history, and novels. His childhood on a small Wiltshire farm had a great influence on him...