The Man Who Ate the Zoo - Frank Buckland, forgotten hero of natural history

Frank Buckland was an extraordinary man - surgeon, natural historian, popular lecturer, bestselling writer, museum curator, and a conservationist before the concept even existed. Eccentric, revolutionary, prolific, he was one of the nineteenth century's most improbable geniuses. His lifelong passion was to discover new ways to feed the hungry. Rhinoceros, crocodile, puppy-dog, giraffe, kangaroo, bear and panther all had their chance to impress, but what finally - and, eventually, fatally - obsessed him was fish. Forgotten now, he was one of the most original, far-sighted and influential natural scientists of his time, held as high in public esteem as his great philosophical enemy, Charles Darwin.

Product details

• Authors: Richard Girling
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 30.11.2017
• EAN: 9781784701611
• ISBN: 978-1-78470-161-1
• No. of pages: 400
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, SCIENCE / Natural History, natural history, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, The Earth: natural history: general interest