Gilbert White
Gilbert White
Gilbert White FRSwas a "parson-naturalist", a pioneering English naturalist and ornithologist. He remained unmarried and a curate all his life. He is best known for his Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth18 July 1720
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The mention of hews put me in mind that there is a total failure of that wild fruit, so conducive to the support of many of the winged nation.
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Freshwater supplies in the Middle East now are barely sufficient to maintain a quality standard of living.
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The parish I live in is a very abrupt, uneven country, full of hills and woods, and therefore full of birds.
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General Howe turned out some German wild boars and sows in his forests, to the great terror of the neighbourhood; and, at one time, a wild bull or buffalo: but the country rose upon them and destroyed them.
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It is, I find, in zoology as it is in botany: all nature is so full, that that district produces the greatest variety which is the most examined.
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The parish of Selborne, by taking in so much of the forest, is a vast district.
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I want to be better informed with regard to ichthyology.
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The French, I think, in general, are strangely prolix in their natural history.
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You may depend on it that the bunting, emberiza miliaria, does not leave this country in the winter.