The Resource The wonderful Mr Willughby : the first true ornithologist, Tim Birkhead
The wonderful Mr Willughby : the first true ornithologist, Tim Birkhead
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- Summary
- Francis Willughby lived and thrived in the midst of the rapidly accelerating scientific revolution of the seventeenth century. Traveling with his Cambridge tutor John Ray, they decided to overhaul the whole of natural history by imposing order on its messiness and complexity. It was exhilarating, exacting, and exhausting work. Yet before their first book, Ornithology , could be completed, Willughby died in 1672. Since then, Ray's reputation has grown, obscuring that of his collaborator. Now, for the first time, Willughby's story and genius are given the attention they deserve. In his too-short life, Francis Willughby helped found the Royal Society, differentiated birds through identification of their distinguishing features, and asked questions that were, in some cases, centuries ahead of their time
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xii, 353 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates
- Contents
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- Bitten by the snake of learning
- John Ray and the cunning craftsmanship of nature
- A momentous decision
- Continental journey: the Low Countries
- Images of Central Europe
- Italian sophistication and Spanish desolation
- Back at Middleton
- Curious about birds, illness and death
- Into the light: publication
- A sustained finale: Willughby's buzzard takes flight
- Acknowledgements
- Appendix 1: A timeline of Francis Willughby's life
- Appendix 2: Brief biographies of the principal players in Willughby's life
- Appendix 3: The story of Willughby's charr
- Appendix 4: Identification of birds listed on page 61 and named in the Ornithology
- Isbn
- 9781408878484
- Label
- The wonderful Mr Willughby : the first true ornithologist
- Title
- The wonderful Mr Willughby
- Title remainder
- the first true ornithologist
- Statement of responsibility
- Tim Birkhead
- Title variation
- Wonderful Mister Willughby
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Francis Willughby lived and thrived in the midst of the rapidly accelerating scientific revolution of the seventeenth century. Traveling with his Cambridge tutor John Ray, they decided to overhaul the whole of natural history by imposing order on its messiness and complexity. It was exhilarating, exacting, and exhausting work. Yet before their first book, Ornithology , could be completed, Willughby died in 1672. Since then, Ray's reputation has grown, obscuring that of his collaborator. Now, for the first time, Willughby's story and genius are given the attention they deserve. In his too-short life, Francis Willughby helped found the Royal Society, differentiated birds through identification of their distinguishing features, and asked questions that were, in some cases, centuries ahead of their time
- Biography type
- individual biography
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10680848
- Cataloging source
- PUL
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Birkhead, Tim
- Dewey number
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- 598.092
- B
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- QL31.W58
- LC item number
- B57 2018
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Willughby, Francis
- Ornithologists
- Naturalists
- Target audience
- adult
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- the first true ornithologist
- Label
- The wonderful Mr Willughby : the first true ornithologist, Tim Birkhead
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-331) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Bitten by the snake of learning -- John Ray and the cunning craftsmanship of nature -- A momentous decision -- Continental journey: the Low Countries -- Images of Central Europe -- Italian sophistication and Spanish desolation -- Back at Middleton -- Curious about birds, illness and death -- Into the light: publication -- A sustained finale: Willughby's buzzard takes flight -- Acknowledgements -- Appendix 1: A timeline of Francis Willughby's life -- Appendix 2: Brief biographies of the principal players in Willughby's life -- Appendix 3: The story of Willughby's charr -- Appendix 4: Identification of birds listed on page 61 and named in the Ornithology
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xii, 353 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781408878484
- Lccn
- 2018018017
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color)
- System control number
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- on1001924209
- (OCoLC)1001924209
- Label
- The wonderful Mr Willughby : the first true ornithologist, Tim Birkhead
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-331) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Bitten by the snake of learning -- John Ray and the cunning craftsmanship of nature -- A momentous decision -- Continental journey: the Low Countries -- Images of Central Europe -- Italian sophistication and Spanish desolation -- Back at Middleton -- Curious about birds, illness and death -- Into the light: publication -- A sustained finale: Willughby's buzzard takes flight -- Acknowledgements -- Appendix 1: A timeline of Francis Willughby's life -- Appendix 2: Brief biographies of the principal players in Willughby's life -- Appendix 3: The story of Willughby's charr -- Appendix 4: Identification of birds listed on page 61 and named in the Ornithology
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xii, 353 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781408878484
- Lccn
- 2018018017
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color)
- System control number
-
- on1001924209
- (OCoLC)1001924209
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