Henry Dresser and Victorian ornithology : Birds, books and business / / Henry A. McGhie

• Autore: McGhie Henry A.
• Pubblicazione: Manchester, [England] : , : Manchester University Press, , 2017; ©2017
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (341 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : color illustrations, photographs, tables
• Disciplina: 598.092
• Soggetto topico: Ornithology; Ornithologists; Birds - Collection and preservation; Birds; SCIENCE - Life Sciences - Zoology - General; Birds - Nomenclature; Birds - Classification; Birds - Great Britain; Birds - Europe; Ornithology - Great Britain - History - 19th century; Ornithologists - Great Britain
• Soggetto geografico: Great Britain; Europe
• Soggetto genere / forma: Biographies.; Terminology; Records and correspondence; History; Field guides.; Diaries.; Classification; Catalogs and collections.; Biography
• Soggetto non controllato: 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
• Nota di bibliografia: "Bibliography of Henry Dresser": pages 319-327.; Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-318) and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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British ornithologists of the mid-late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and is largely based on previously unpublished archival material.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 Civil War. He built enormous collections of skins and eggs of birds from Europe, North America and Asia, which formed the basis of over 100 publications, including some of the finest bird books of the late nineteenth century. Dresser was a leading figure in scientific society and in the early bird conservation movement; his correspondence and diaries reveal the inner workings, motivations, personal relationships and rivalries that existed among the leading ornithologists.
• Titolo autorizzato: Henry Dresser and Victorian ornithology
• ISBN: 1-5261-1602-2; 1-5261-3230-3; 1-5261-1601-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910816145503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II