Tansley, A. G (Arthur George) Sir 1871-1955 Search this
Tansley, A. G (Arthur George) Sir 1871-1955 Political and social views Search this
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Physical description:
xii, 213 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Type:
Biography
Place:
Great Britain
Date:
2012
Contents:
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
