Olive Whicher(1910-2006) was born in Winchester, England, and became fluent in French and German. In 1935 she joined the Anthroposophical Society in London, where she soon met George Adams and worked as his research assistant in the fields of science, mathematics and physics. She authored several books, including The Plant Between Sun and Earth, Sunspace and The Heart of the Matter. Olive Whicher taught at Emerson College, England, for many years, and travelled widely as a lecturer in Europe and the United States.