Gilbert White (18 July 1720 – 26 June 1793) was a pioneering naturalist and ornithologist. White was born in his grandfather's vicarage at Selborne in Hampshire. He was educated by a private tutor in Basingstoke before going to Oriel College, Oxford. He obtained his deacon's orders in 1746, being fully ordained in 1749, and subsequently held several curacies in Hampshire and Wiltshire, including Selborne's neighbouring parishes of Newton Valence and Farringdon, as well as Selborne itself on four separate occasions. In 1752/53 White held the office of Junior Proctor at Oxford and was Dean of Oriel. In 1757 he became non-resident perpetual curate of Moreton Pinkney in Northamptonshire. After the death of his father in 1758, White moved back into the family home at The Wakes in Selborne, which he eventually inherited in 1763. In 1784 he became curate of Selborne for the fourth time, remaining so until his death. Having studied at Oriel at the behest of his uncle, he was ineligible to be considered for the permanent living of Selborne, which was in the gift of Magdalen College.

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  • Gilbert White (18 July 1720 – 26 June 1793) was a pioneering naturalist and ornithologist. White was born in his grandfather's vicarage at Selborne in Hampshire. He was educated by a private tutor in Basingstoke before going to Oriel College, Oxford. He obtained his deacon's orders in 1746, being fully ordained in 1749, and subsequently held several curacies in Hampshire and Wiltshire, including Selborne's neighbouring parishes of Newton Valence and Farringdon, as well as Selborne itself on four separate occasions. In 1752/53 White held the office of Junior Proctor at Oxford and was Dean of Oriel. In 1757 he became non-resident perpetual curate of Moreton Pinkney in Northamptonshire. After the death of his father in 1758, White moved back into the family home at The Wakes in Selborne, which he eventually inherited in 1763. In 1784 he became curate of Selborne for the fourth time, remaining so until his death. Having studied at Oriel at the behest of his uncle, he was ineligible to be considered for the permanent living of Selborne, which was in the gift of Magdalen College. White is best known for his The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne . This was a compilation of his letters to Thomas Pennant, the leading British zoologist of the day, and the Hon. Daines Barrington, an English barrister and another Fellow of the Royal Society. These letters contained White's discoveries about local birds, animals and plants. He believed in distinguishing birds by observation rather than by collecting specimens, and was thus one of the first people to separate the similar-looking Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler and Wood Warbler by means of their song. White is regarded by many as England's first ecologist and one of the founders of modern respect for nature. He said of the earthworm : Earthworms, though in appearance a small and despicable link in the chain of nature, yet, if lost, would make a lamentable chasm [...] worms seem to be the great promoters of vegetation, which would proceed but lamely without them... White and William Markwick collected records of the dates of emergence of more than 400 plant and animal species, White recording in Hampshire and Markwick in Sussex between 1768 and 1793. These data, summarised in The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne as the earliest and latest dates for each event over the 25-year period, are among the earliest examples of modern phenology. His 1783/4 diary corroborates the dramatic climatic impacts of the volcanic 'Laki haze' that spread from Iceland with lethal consequences across Europe. White's frequent accounts of a tortoise inherited from his aunt in The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne form the basis for Verlyn Klinkenborg's book, Timothy; or, Notes of an Abject Reptile, as well as for Sylvia Townsend Warner's The Portrait of a Tortoise . His house in Selborne, The Wakes, now contains the Gilbert White Museum, as well as the Oates Memorial Museum, commemorating Frank and Lawrence Oates. A biography of White, by Richard Mabey was published by Century Hutchinson in 1986, and won the Whitbread Biography of the Year award. A documentary about White, presented by historian Michael Wood, was broadcast by BBC Four in 2006. Gilbert White's famous work has been continuously in print since its first publication and is one of the most frequently published books in the English language. The paperback edition of The Illustrated Natural History of Selborne was last reprinted by Thames & Hudson in 2007. (en)
  • Gilbert White et le Pouillot siffleur .Sa Natural History devient un best-seller : c'est le livre britannique qui s'est le plus vendu après, bien sûr, la Bible et les œuvres de Shakespeare. Même s'il est rédigé dans un style très livresque, il contribue à populariser l'étude des oiseaux et suscitera de très nombreuses vocations d'ornithologues.En plus de son œuvre sur l'histoire naturelle, il est également l'auteur de poésies.Sa maison de Selborne, The Wakes, abrite aujourd'hui le Gilbert White Museum ainsi que le Oates Memorial Museum, commémorant Frank and Lawrence Oates. Catégorie:ÉcologisteCatégorie:Écologiste britanniqueCatégorie:OrnithologueCatégorie:Ornithologue britanniqueCatégorie:Naissance en 1720Catégorie:Décès en 1793 (fr)
  • ギルバート・ホワイト（Gilbert White, 1720年7月18日 - 1793年6月26日）は、18世紀イギリスの牧師、博物学者。その著『セルボーンの博物誌』は、博物学やネイチャーライティングの古典として今日なお読み継がれている。 (ja)
  • Gilbert White (18 de julio de 1720 - 26 de junio de 1793) fue un pionero en los campos del estudio de la naturaleza y la ornitología. White nació en Selborne en Hampshire. Fue educado por un tutor privado en Basingstoke antes de ir al Oriel College, Oxford. White obtuvo las órdenes de diácono en 1747 y llegó a vicario de Moreton Pinkney en Northamptonshire. Posteriormente llegó a ser coadjutor de Farringdon en Hampshire, la parroquia adyacente a Selborne y volvió a su casa familiar. En 1784, se convirtió en el coadjutor de Selborne permaneciendo allí hasta su muerte. Habiendo estudiado en Oriel a instancias de su tío, no era posible que pudiera conseguir la residencia permanente en Selborne. White es considerado como el primer ecólogo de Inglaterra. En 1770 dijo de la lombriz: "Aunque las lombrices sean en apariencia un pequeño y despreciable eslabón de la cadena de la naturaleza, si desaparecieran, provocarían un lamentable abismo [...] los gusanos promueven la vegetación, que apenas podría sobrevivir sin ellos..." White es conocido por su The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne . Esta obra es una compilación de cartas a Thomas Pennant, el zoólogo más importante de la época, y también a Daines Barrington, un abogado galés y así mismo miembro de la Royal Society. Estas cartas contienen los descubrimientos de Whute sobre las aves y animales del entorno de Selborne. White creía en la clasificación de las aves mediante la observación más que mediante la recolección de especímenes. Además de sus publicaciones sobre Historia Natural también fue conocido como poeta. Su casa en Selborne, The Wakes, ahora alberga el Museo Gilbert White así como el Oates Memorial Museum, en honor de Frank and Lawrence Oates. Richard Mabey escribió una biografía de White que fue publicada por Ebury Press en 1986 y ganó el Whitbread Biography of the Year award. (es)
  • Gilbert White (1720, Selborne -1793) oli englantilainen pappi ja luonnontieteilijä. Hän on kuuluisa erityisesti teoksestaan Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne (1789). (fi)
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  • Gilbert White (18 July 1720 – 26 June 1793) was a pioneering naturalist and ornithologist. White was born in his grandfather's vicarage at Selborne in Hampshire. He was educated by a private tutor in Basingstoke before going to Oriel College, Oxford. He obtained his deacon's orders in 1746, being fully ordained in 1749, and subsequently held several curacies in Hampshire and Wiltshire, including Selborne's neighbouring parishes of Newton Valence and Farringdon, as well as Selborne itself on four separate occasions. In 1752/53 White held the office of Junior Proctor at Oxford and was Dean of Oriel. In 1757 he became non-resident perpetual curate of Moreton Pinkney in Northamptonshire. After the death of his father in 1758, White moved back into the family home at The Wakes in Selborne, which he eventually inherited in 1763. In 1784 he became curate of Selborne for the fourth time, remaining so until his death. Having studied at Oriel at the behest of his uncle, he was ineligible to be considered for the permanent living of Selborne, which was in the gift of Magdalen College. (en)
  • Gilbert White (18 juillet 1720, Selborne dans le Hampshire - 26 juin 1793 Selborne), est un naturaliste et un ornithologue britannique qui peut être considéré comme un pionnier de l'écologie. Après une première éducation par des précepteurs � Basingstoke, il part � l'Oriel College d'Oxford. (fr)
  • ギルバート・ホワイト（Gilbert White, 1720年7月18日 - 1793年6月26日）は、18世紀イギリスの牧師、博物学者。その著『セルボーンの博物誌』は、博物学やネイチャーライティングの古典として今日なお読み継がれている。 (ja)
  • Gilbert White (18 de julio de 1720 - 26 de junio de 1793) fue un pionero en los campos del estudio de la naturaleza y la ornitología. (es)
  • Gilbert White (1720, Selborne -1793) oli englantilainen pappi ja luonnontieteilijä. Hän on kuuluisa erityisesti teoksestaan Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne (1789). (fi)
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