The wonderful Mr Willughby : the first true ornithologist
by Birkhead, Tim (Author)
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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, ex... Full description
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Willughby, Francis, > 1635-1672.
Ornithologists > England > Biography.