Hecky & Whitibus: The friendship of Hester Chapone and Gilbert White
Channel: ChawtonHouse
Date: 2020-05-17

One is a Hampshire rural parson, who revolutionised the way in which we see the natural world, the other was an early bluestocking, writer and critic who revolutionised female education, yet these two remarkable people were firm friends long before their pioneering legacies had begun. This talk explores the surprising relationship between Hester Chapone and Gilbert White.

Kimberley James
Kimberley is Collections and Marketing Manager at Gilbert White’s House in Selborne, a neighbouring village to Chawton in Hampshire.

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