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Alexander Wilson : the Scot who founded American ornithology / Edward H. Burtt, Jr., William E. Davis, Jr.

By: Contributor(s): Publisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, [2013]Description: 444 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780674072558
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 598.092 B 23
LOC classification:
  • QL31.W7 B87 2013
Contents:
Themes in Wilson's life and writings -- A varied life -- Illustrating the American ornithology -- Ornithology pioneer : Alexander Wilson as scientist -- Wilson's legacy -- Appendix A. "On the shoulders of giants" : Wilson's predecessors -- Appendix B. Wilson's contemporaries and correspondents.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Themes in Wilson's life and writings -- A varied life -- Illustrating the American ornithology -- Ornithology pioneer : Alexander Wilson as scientist -- Wilson's legacy -- Appendix A. "On the shoulders of giants" : Wilson's predecessors -- Appendix B. Wilson's contemporaries and correspondents.

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