Henry Dresser and Victorian ornithology : Birds, books and business /

This book explores the life of Henry Dresser (1838-1915), one of the most productive British ornithologists of the mid-late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Dresser travelled widely and spent time in Texas during the American Civil War. The book explores how he and his contemporaries discov...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McGhie, Henry A. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2017.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Dresser, H. E. > (Henry Eeles), > 1838-1915.
Dresser, H. E. > (Henry Eeles), > 1838-1915 > Correspondence.
Dresser, H. E. > (Henry Eeles), > 1838-1915 > Diaries.
Ornithologists.
Birds.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Science & Technology.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Zoology > General.
NATURE > Animals > Wildlife.
NATURE > Animals > General.
Oiseaux > Histoire.
Ornithologues > Biographies.
Ornithologues > Grande-Bretagne > Biographies.
Ornithologie > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Oiseaux > Europe.
Oiseaux > Grande-Bretagne > Catalogues.
Oiseaux > Collections et conservation.
Oiseaux > Classification.
Oiseaux > Nomenclature.
Oiseaux > Identification.
Ornithologists > Great Britain > Biography.
Ornithology > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Birds > Europe.
Birds > Collection and preservation.
Birds > Classification.
Birds > Nomenclature.
Birds > Identification.
Birds > History.
Ornithologists > Biography.
Biographies.
Personal correspondence.
History.
Diaries.
Biography
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Description
Summary:This book explores the life of Henry Dresser (1838-1915), one of the most productive British ornithologists of the mid-late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Dresser travelled widely and spent time in Texas during the American Civil War. The book explores how he and his contemporaries discovered the world's birds in farflung places. It also explores changes (and arguments) in scientific society over time.
Physical Description:1 online resource (368 pages).
ISBN:9781526116017

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