The Selborne Pioneer: Gilbert White as Naturalist and Scientist: A Re-Examination

by Ted Dadswell

Gilbert White's name is known universally but, as Ted Dadswell insists in this book, important aspects of his work have frequently been overlooked even by scholarly editors. The Selborne naturalist (1720-1793) has been described as 'a prince of personal observers'; but a shrewd analytical questioning and comparing was also typical of his 'natural knowledge'. Exceptional even in his general aims, White studied the behaviour, the 'manners' and 'conversation',...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138378208
• ISBN13: 9781138378209
• Release Date: August 2018
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"