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17%OFFEdward H. Burtt - Alexander Wilson: The Scot Who Founded American Ornithology - 9780674072558 - V9780674072558
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Alexander Wilson: The Scot Who Founded American Ornithology

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Description for Alexander Wilson: The Scot Who Founded American Ornithology Hardback. On the bicentennial of his death, this beautifully illustrated volume pays tribute to the Scot who became the father of American ornithology. Alexander Wilson made unique contributions to ecology and animal behavior. His drawings of birds in realistic poses in their natural habitat inspired Audubon, Spencer Fullerton Baird, and other naturalists. Num Pages: 400 pages, 146 color illustrations, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AGN; BGT; PSVW6. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 163 x 43. Weight in Grams: 936.
Audubon was not the father of American ornithology. That honorific belongs to Alexander Wilson, whose encyclopedic American Ornithology established a distinctive approach that emphasized the observation of live birds. In the first full-length study to reproduce all of Wilson's unpublished drawings for the nine-volume Ornithology, Edward Burtt and William Davis illustrate Wilson's pioneering and, today, underappreciated achievement as the first ornithologist to describe the birds of the North American wilderness. Abandoning early ambitions to become a poet in the mold of his countryman Robert Burns, Wilson emigrated from Scotland to settle near Philadelphia, where the botanist William Bartram encouraged ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass., United States
ISBN
9780674072558
SKU
V9780674072558
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About Edward H. Burtt
Edward H. Burtt, Jr. is Cincinnati Conference Professor of Zoology at Ohio Wesleyan University. William E. Davis, Jr. is Professor Emeritus at Boston University.

Reviews for Alexander Wilson: The Scot Who Founded American Ornithology
Our knowledge of New World birds stems deeply from the adventurous spirit of a talented rebel poet, Alexander Wilson. This richly illustrated, very special book brings him back to life as an engaging and influential character whose passion for birds primed ours. I couldn't put it down.
Frank Gill, author of Ornithology, 3rd Edition Burtt and Davis include brief essays on ... Read more

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