Ted Dadswell
Ashgate
Hardback
258
2003
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.
Ashgate
Hardback
258
2003
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.