Peter Lund Simmonds (1814-1897) was a Danish-born British author and editor. He was the editor of Johnson's Farmer's Encyclopedia and the Colonial Magazine. He was honorary and corresponding member of the Royal Agricultural and Commercial Societies of Jamaica, British Guiana, Antigua, Barbados, Konigsberg, Cape of Good Hope, Natal. He was also a corresponding member of The New York State Society, The Nova Scotia Central Board of Agriculture and The Societies for Promoting Agriculture in Philadel
...phia and New Orleans. His works include: The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom (1854), Curiosities of Food; or, The Dainties and Delicacies of Different Nations Obtained From the Animal Kingdom (1859), The Arctic Regions (1860), English Commercial Correspondence (with Thomas Sidney Williams) (1864), Coffee and Chicory: Their Culture, Chemical Composition, Preparation for Market, and Consumption (1864) and Hops: Their Cultivation, Commerce, and Uses in Various Countries (1877).
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