Henry Dresser and Victorian Ornithology : birds, book 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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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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Manchester :
Manchester University Press
2017.
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| Online Access: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctvnb7pxg |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Family background and early life
- 2. Texas : the big adventure
- 3. Settling down to business
- 4. Early exploits in ornithological society
- 5. Collecting
- 6. Discovering the birds of Europe. I
- 7. Discovering the birds of Europe. II
- 8. Making The birds of Europe
- 9. A central figure : society life in the 1870s
- 10. The 1880s : the rise of rivalry
- 11. The 1890s : the continuing rise of the British Museum (Natural History)
- 12. Working independently, 1900-5
- 13. The grand finale : producing Eggs of the birds of Europe
- 14. Time for a change
- 15. Legacies
- Appendix 1. Birds mentioned in the text
- Appendix 2. Birds named by Henry Dresser
- Appendix 3. Birds named after Henry Dresser
- Appendix 4. Publications based on Henry Dresser's collections, 1985-2017.