TY  - BOOK
AU  - McGhie,Henry A.
TI  - Henry Dresser and Victorian Ornithology: birds, book and business 
SN  - 9781526116017
AV  - QL31 .H467 2017
PY  - 2017///
CY  - Manchester
PB  - Manchester University Press
KW  - Dresser, H. E.
KW  - Ornithologists
KW  - Biography
KW  - Birds
KW  - History
KW  - Identification
KW  - Nomenclature
KW  - Classification
KW  - Collection and preservation
KW  - Europe
KW  - Ornithology
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - 19th century
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; 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; 2; b
N2  - 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. Dresser travelled widely and spent time in Texas during the American Civil War. The book explores how he and his contemporaries discovered the world's birds in farflung places. It also explores changes (and arguments) in scientific society over time
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