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Gilbert White: A Biography of the Author of "The Natural History of Selborne" (Paperback)
$13.58 - Save $0.71 (4%) - RRP $14.29 Free delivery worldwide (to United States and
all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for Gilbert WhiteWhen 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.
Full description- Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
- Published: 08 June 2006
- Format: Paperback 256 pages
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- Categories: Biography: General | Natural History
- ISBN 13: 9781861978073 ISBN 10: 1861978073
- Sales rank: 247,382
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Full description for Gilbert White
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.

