| Description |
1 online resource |
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Front Matter -- Kingley Vale: Worth Fighting For -- The Origins of Ecology -- George Tansley, Christian Socialism, and the Working Men's College -- Highgate School, University College, London, and Trinity College, Cambridge -- Teaching at University College, the Chicks, and Marriage to Edith -- Seashores and Woodlands: Looking for Patterns -- The Managing Director of British Ecology -- Disillusion and Disaffection -- The Oxford Years, 1927₆1937 -- The Magnum Opus, Grantchester, and Retirement -- The Years of Fulfilment, 1937₆1953 -- A Detached Liberal Philosopher and Free-Thinker -- References -- Index |
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Kingley Vale: Worth fighting for -- The origins of ecology -- George Tansley, Christian Socialism and the Working Men's College -- Highgate School, University College, London, and Trinity College, Cambridge -- Teaching at University College: The Chicks and marriage to Edith -- Seashores and woodlands: Looking for patterns -- The Managing Director of British Ecology -- Disillusion and disaffection -- The Oxford years, 1927-1937 -- The magnum opus, Grantchester and retirement -- The years of fulfilment, 1937-53 -- A detached liberal philosopher and free-thinker |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [198]-205) and index |
| Notes |
Also available in printing |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Subject |
Tansley, A. G. (Arthur George), Sir, 1871-1955 -- Political and social views.
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Tansley, A. G. (Arthur George), Sir, 1871-1955.
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Field Studies Council (Great Britain) -- History.
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Nature Conservancy (Great Britain) -- History.
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Botanists -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Ecologists -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Ecology -- Great Britain -- History.
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Natural areas -- Great Britain -- History.
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Nature conservation -- Great Britain -- History.
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Great Britain -- Environmental conditions.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Wiley InterScience (Online service)
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| ISBN |
1118290925 (electronic bk.) |
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9780470671542 (print) |
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9781118290927 (electronic bk.) |
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9781118290941 (electronic bk.) |
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