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Life of a Scotch Naturalist: Thomas Edward, Associate of the Linnean Society.

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Life of a Scotch Naturalist: Thomas Edward, Associate of the Linnean Society.

Samuel Smiles

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A poor Scottish shoemaker taught himself natural history by night and became a respected naturalist without ever leaving his trade. Samuel Smiles tells of Thomas Edward's runaway boyhood, his apprenticeship, and the specimens he gathered on the coast after dark. An inspiring life of self-made science. Follow the cobbler who studied the shore.

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34 chapters

  1. 1LIFE OF A SCOTCH NATURALIST
  2. 2PREFACE.
  3. 3CONTENTS.
  4. 4FAUNA OF BANFFSHIRE.
  5. 5ILLUSTRATIONS
  6. 6OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS.
  7. 7LIFE OF A NATURALIST.
  8. 8CHAPTER I. EARLY YEARS.
  9. 9CHAPTER II. SCHOOLS AND SCHOOLMASTERS.
  10. 10CHAPTER III. APPRENTICESHIP.
  11. 11CHAPTER IV. RUNS AWAY FROM HOME.
  12. 12CHAPTER V. RESUMES WORK.
  13. 13CHAPTER VI. SETTLES AT BANFF.
  14. 14CHAPTER VII. NIGHT WANDERERS.
  15. 15CHAPTER VIII. FORMS A NATURAL HISTORY COLLECTION.
  16. 16CHAPTER IX. EXHIBITS HIS COLLECTION IN ABERDEEN.
  17. 17CHAPTER X. RESUMES HIS FORMER HABITS.
  18. 18CHAPTER XI. BEGINS TO PUBLISH HIS OBSERVATIONS.

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