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

By Ted Dadswell

The Selborne Pioneer reassesses the life and work of the eighteenth century naturalist Gilbert White, author of The Natural History of Selborne. It succeeds in presenting a new and more comprehensive picture of White both as observer and as rigorous behavioural investigator. By means of a detailed study of the naturalist's essays, correspondence and record books - the latter covering a period of some forty years - Ted Dadswell provides a convincing account of the pioneering and innovative White, within the field of eighteenth century 'natural knowledge', and rescues him at the same time from an undeserved reputation as a charming but na ve eccentric.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0754607496
• ISBN13: 9780754607496
• Release Date: April 2003
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"