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Joseph Tubb (1805–1879) was a maltster from Oxfordshire, England who created the Poem Tree at Wittenham Clumps,〔(Joseph Tubb & the Poem Tree ), (Project Timescape )〕 which died in the 1990s and finally collapsed in July 2012.〔(Sadness as Clumps poem tree falls ''Oxford Mail'' 4 August 2012 )〕〔(Poet pens farewell verse to famous tree by Ben Wilkinson ''Oxford Mail'' 14 Aug 2012 )〕 == Biography == Tubb lived at Lavender Cottage in Warborough, a village near the town of Dorchester. He wished to become a wood carver, but his father convinced him to become a maltster. He lived a country life as a bachelor. Joseph Tubb opposed the enclosure of the commons and pulled down fences in rebellion against this. He spent a short time in the Oxford gaol. Tubb's main legacy was to carve a poem on a large beech tree on the eastern side of Castle Hill at Wittenham Clumps.〔(Poem Tree ), Northmoor Trust.〕 He took a tent and a ladder to Castle Hill and spent the summers of 1844 and 1845 carving the letters of a 20-line poem. The poem demonstrates Joseph Tubb's passion for the Oxfordshire countryside. Discrepancies in wording between a written original and those on the tree are said to be because he carved from memory. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Joseph Tubb」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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