Alexander Wilson : the Scot who founded American ornithology /

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Audubon was not the father of American ornithology. That honorific belongs to Alexander Wilson, whose encyclopedic American Ornithology established a distinctive approach that emphasized the observation of live birds. In the first full-length study to reproduce all of Wilson's unpublished drawi...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Burtt, Edward H., Jr., 1948-
Other Authors: Davis, William E., Jr., 1936-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2013.
Subjects:
Wilson, Alexander, > 1766-1813.
Wilson, Alexander, > 1766-1813. > American ornithology > Illustrations.
Wilson, Alexander > 1766-1813
Ornithologists > United States > Biography.
Ornithology > United States > History.
Birds > United States > Pictorial works.
Ornithologues > États-Unis > Biographies.
Ornithologie > États-Unis > Histoire.
Oiseaux > États-Unis > Ouvrages illustrés.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > General.
NATURE > Animals > Birds.
NATURE > Birdwatching Guides.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Zoology > Ornithology.
Birds.
Ornithologists.
Ornithology.
Ornithologie
United States.
collective biographies.
Biographies.
History.
Illustrated works.
Pictorial works.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Themes in Wilson's life and writings
  • A varied life
  • Illustrating American ornithology
  • Pioneer ornithologist
  • Wilson's legacy
  • Appendix A. On the shoulders of giants : Wilson's predecessors
  • Appendix B. Wilson's contemporaries and correspondents.

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