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Gilbert White
Born(1720-07-18)18 July 1720
Selborne, Hampshire, England
Died26 June 1793(1793-06-26) (aged 72)
Selborne, Hampshire, England
Alma materOriel College, Oxford
Known forNatural History of Selborne
Scientific career
Fields
  • Natural history
  • Ornithology
Author abbrev. (botany)G.White

Gilbert White (18 July 1720 – 26 June 1793) was a "parson-naturalist", a pioneering English naturalist, ecologist, and ornithologist. He is best known for his Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne.

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The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne

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Natural History of Selborne is a book by English parson-naturalist Gilbert White (1720–1793). It was first published in 1789 by his brother Benjamin...

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Hampshire

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the autumn. The winter of 1783–1784 was very severe; the naturalist Gilbert White in Selborne, Hampshire, reported 28 days of continuous frost. The extreme...

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antiquary and naturalist. He was one of the correspondents to whom Gilbert White wrote extensively on natural history topics. Barrington served as a...

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earlier instance of the collocation in an English-language context is in Gilbert White's popular book The Natural History of Selborne, originally published...

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