Shaping ecology
Subtitle: the life of Arthur Tansley
By: Peter Ayres
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Chichester, West Sussex, UK; Malden, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 213
ISBN-13: 9780470671566; 9780470671542
Subjects: Ecology; Nature conservation; Natural areas; Ecologists; Political and social views; Field Studies Council (Great Britain); Environmental conditions; Botanists; Nature Conservancy (Great Britain); Biography; History
Description: Sir Arthur Tansley was the leading figure in ecology for the first half of the 20th century, founding the field, and forming its first professional societies. He was the first President of the British Ecological Society and the first chair of the Field Studies Council. His work as a botanist is considered seminal and he is recognized as one of the giants of ecology throughout the world.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Kingley Vale : Worth fighting for; title: The origins of ecology; title: George Tansley, Christian Socialism and the Working Men's College; title: Highgate School, University College, London, and Trinity College, Cambridge; title: Teaching at University College : The Chicks and marriage to Edith; title: Seashores and woodlands : Looking for patterns; title: The Managing Director of British Ecology; title: Disillusion and disaffection; title: The Oxford years, 1927-1937; title: The magnum opus, Grantchester and retirement; title: The years of fulfilment, 1937-53; title: A detached liberal philosopher and free-thinker.