Henry Dresser and Victorian ornithology Birds, books 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British ornithologists of the mid-late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and is largely based on previously unpublished archival material. Dresser travelled widely and spent time in Texas during the American...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	McGhie, Henry A. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Manchester, [England] : Manchester University Press, 2017
Edition:	1st ed
Subjects:	Dresser, H. E > (Henry Eeles), > 1838-1915 > Correspondence. Dresser, H. E > (Henry Eeles), > 1838-1915 > Diaries. Dresser, H. E > (Henry Eeles), > 1838-1915 1800-1899 Birds > Catalogs and collections > Great Britain Birds > Identification Birds > Classification Birds > Collection and preservation Birds > Nomenclature Birds > Europe Ornithologists > Great Britain > Biography Ornithology > Great Britain > History > 19th century Birds Ornithologists Ornithology SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Zoology > General Europe Great Britain American Civil War English ornithologists Henry Dresser History of the Birds of Europe Museum studies Richard Sharpe Scientific societies Victorian ornithology Victorian studies Zoological Society of London bird collecting bird specimens birds cabinet collecting environmental geography exploration field collecting history of science natural history ornithology Biographies Biography Catalogs and collections Classification Diaries Field guides History Records and correspondence Terminology

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

Henry Dresser and Victorian ornithology Birds, books and business /

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