White, Gilbert

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White, Gilbert (1720-1793), an English naturalist, wrote Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne (1789), a work considered a classic by naturalists and students of English literature. It is based on letters written by White to two naturalists, Thomas Pennant and Daines Barrington. Extracts from White's diaries were published as A Naturalist's Calendar in 1795.

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