Gilbert White - A biography of the author of The Natural History of Selborne

Informationen zum Autor Richard Mabey Klappentext 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.Richard Mabey tells the enthralling story of Britain's first ecologist Zusammenfassung When 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.

About the author

Richard Mabey is one of our greatest nature writers. He is the author of some thirty books including the bestselling plant bible Flora Britannica, Food for Free, Turned Out Nice Again, Weeds: the Story of Outlaw Plants and Nature Cure which was shortlisted for the Whitbread, Ondaatje and Ackerley Awards. His biography, Gilbert White won the Whitbread Biography Award. A regular commentator on radio and in the national press, he was elected a Fellow in the Royal Society of Literature in 2012. He lives in Norfolk.

Product details

• Authors: Richard Mabey
• Publisher: Profile Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 08.06.2006
• EAN: 9781861978073
• ISBN: 978-1-86197-807-3
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 126 mm x 194 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Guides > Nature; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; NATURE / General, Biography: general, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, natural history, Nature and the natural world: general interest