Gilbert White

Gilbert White
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Publisher : University of Virginia Press
Total Pages : 260
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ISBN-10 : 0813926491
ISBN-13 : 9780813926490
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Book Synopsis Gilbert White by : Richard Mabey

Download or read book Gilbert White written by Richard Mabey and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the pioneering naturalist Gilbert White (1720-93) wrote The Natural History of Selborne (1789), he created one of the greatest and most influential natural history works of all time, his detailed observations about birds and animals providing the cornerstones of modern ecology. In this award-winning biography, Richard Mabey tells the wonderful story of the clergyman - England's first ecologist - whose inspirational naturalist's handbook has become an English classic.


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