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Lifetime: 1720 - 1793 Passed: ≈ 231 years ago

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Gilbert White

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Natural History of Selborne Cover image

Natural History of Selborne

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History Nature Wildlife Letters Science England Observation Birds Plants Rural Life Environment Animals 18th century Observations Natural history Ecology Hampshire Country life Correspondence Field notes Naturalist Gilbert White Selborne

The Reverend Gilbert White was the curate of the village of Selborne, a village in Hampshire, from 1784 to his death in 1793, living most of his life in the village. The book is in the form of a collection of letters to two friends, discussing the na...