The Man Who Ate the Zoo

Frank Buckland, forgotten hero of natural history

Richard Girling

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Vintage
15 November 2017

Biography: science, technology & engineering; The natural world, country life & pets

A lively and fascinating biography of Frank Buckland, 'the David Attenborough of the Victorian era' - surgeon, natural historian, bestselling writer and early conservationist.

Frank Buckland was an extraordinary man - surgeon, natural historian, popular lecturer, bestselling writer, museum curator, and a conservationist before the concept even existed.

Eccentric, revolutionary, prolific, he was one of the nineteenth century's most improbable geniuses. His lifelong passion was to discover new ways to feed the hungry. Rhinoceros, crocodile, puppy-dog, giraffe, kangaroo, bear and panther all had their chance to impress, but what finally - and, eventually, fatally - obsessed him was fish.

Forgotten now, he was

one of the most original, far-sighted and influential natural scientists of his time, held as high in public esteem as his great philosophical enemy, Charles Darwin.

By: Richard Girling
Imprint: Vintage
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 277g
ISBN: 9781784701611
ISBN 10: 1784701610
Pages: 400
Publication Date: 15 November 2017
Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , ELT Advanced , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Richard Girling is an award-winning environmental journalist. For his work in the Sunday Times he was named Specialist Writer of the Year in the UK Press Awards in 2002, and was shortlisted for the same award in 2005 and 2006. He was Journalist of the Year at the Press Gazette Environmental Press Awards in 2008 and 2009. He has written seven books - most recently, The Hunt for the Golden Mole.

Reviews for The Man Who Ate the Zoo: Frank Buckland, forgotten hero of natural history

Hugely entertaining. Jeremy Paxman [A] tumultuously entertaining biography... [An] irresistibly engaging book. Sunday Times A rollicking ride through eccentric Victorian England. Frank Buckland is the most engaging of subjects...Girling's infectious enthusiasm for his subject shines through The Times Girling brings to rip-roaring life a fascinating Victorian figure of whom few have ever heard; I so wish I could invite Frank Buckland over for dinner. -- Dave Goulson, author of A Sting in the Tale An irresistibly engaging account of the life of the David Attenborough of the Victorian era. Sunday Times