White, Gilbert

White, Gilbert

▪ English naturalist and clergyman
born July 18, 1720, Selborne, Hampshire, Eng.
died June 26, 1793, Selborne

      English naturalist and clergyman, author of The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne (1789), the first work on natural history to attain the status of an English classic.

      White was educated at Oriel College, Oxford (1740–43), and, although he remained a fellow there until his death, he spent most of his life in Selborne. In 1751, soon after he was ordained, White began a journal in which he noted observations made in his garden. This account was eventually published as a Calendar of Flora and the Garden (1765), followed by the more sophisticated Naturalist's Journal, begun in 1768. Publication of The Natural History, a composite of 110 of White's letters on the subject to his friends, concluded 20 years of intense effort. It was immediately met with the acclaim of major naturalists, who were impressed by White's methodical approach and keen sense of observation.

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