Значение слова BUCKLAND в Литературной энциклопедии

BUCKLAND

FRANCIS TREVELYAN (1826-80).-Naturalist, _b._ and _ed._ at Oxf., where his _f._ was Dean of Christchurch. He studied medicine and was assistant-surgeon in the Life Guards. An enthusiastic lover of natural history, he wrote largely upon it, among his works being _Curiosities of Natural History_ (4 vols. 1857-72), _Log Book of a Fisherman and Zoologist_ (1876), _Natural History of British Fishes_ (1881). He also founded and ed. _Land and Water_. He was for a time Inspector of Salmon Fisheries, and served on various commissions. Though observant, he was not always strictly scientific in his methods and modes of expression, and he was a strong opponent of Darwin.

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