Gilbert White Richard Mabey

Name: Gilbert White By Richard Mabey
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When the pioneering naturalist Gilbert White (1720-93) wrote The Natural History of Selborne (1789), he created one of the greatest and influential natural history works, his detailed observations about birds and animals providing the cornerstones of modern ecology. This biography tells the story of this clergyman.

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Gilbert White: A biography of the author of The Natural History of Selborne by Richard Mabey

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.

Gilbert White Reviews

His evocation of the landscape is brilliant. We seem to be jogging down those deeply rutted lanes behind the parson looking over his shoulder. * Times Educational Supplement *
Enthralling ... an excellent evocation of White and his times which certainly deserves a place beside the original work -- Alan Sillitoe * Sunday Times *

About Richard Mabey

Richard Mabey is one of Britain's foremost writers on the subject of nature. He is the author of Flora Britannica, which won the British Book Awards' Illustrated Book of the Year, and Birds Britannica (Chatto, 2005) and he wrote, narrated and produced the popular BBC TV series Postcards from the Country in 1996. He writes a regular column for BBC Wildlife magazine and has written on nature for The Times, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph. He lives in Norfolk.

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GOR002092627

ISBN 13

9781861978073

ISBN 10

1861978073

Title

Gilbert White: A biography of the author of The Natural History of Selborne by Richard Mabey

Author

Richard Mabey

Condition

Used - Very Good

Binding type

Paperback

Publisher

Profile Books Ltd

Year published

20060608

Number of pages

272

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