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 naïve eccentric.…mehr
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 naïve eccentric.
Ted Dadswell was educated at Collyer's School, Horsham and Durham University. After a period of teaching in the North East he moved to London in 1975, since when he has worked as a freelance historian and editor. He now lives in East Oxford.
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Contents: Preface The heroic gardener Nature as an 'economy' The 'outdoor' method The disappearing 'swallows' Behaviour birds and other animals Instinct and initiative Behaviour plants and insects The useful naturalist Science, meteorology and geology The problem of adaptation 'Living manners' The perennial naturalist Appendixes: Dissection of a live dog Bird migration as a fact Reports of 'torpid' swallows The sin of cruelty Design in shell-bearing animals Bibliography Index.
Contents: Preface The heroic gardener Nature as an 'economy' The 'outdoor' method The disappearing 'swallows' Behaviour birds and other animals Instinct and initiative Behaviour plants and insects The useful naturalist Science, meteorology and geology The problem of adaptation 'Living manners' The perennial naturalist Appendixes: Dissection of a live dog Bird migration as a fact Reports of 'torpid' swallows The sin of cruelty Design in shell-bearing animals Bibliography Index.
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