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Cecil Warburton
1854–1958
Best known for his work on spiders and ticks, this British zoologist spent a remarkably long life studying the small creatures that matter enormously to agriculture and health. His writing brings clear, patient observation to the natural world.
2 Audiobooks
The Cambridge natural history, Vol. 04 (of 10)
by Geoffrey Smith, D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson, Cecil Warburton, Walter Frank Raphael Weldon, Henry Woods
Spiders
by Cecil Warburton
About the author
Born in Salford in 1854, he became a British zoologist, arachnologist, and acarologist. Sources describe him as being educated in Manchester and later associated with Cambridge, where he was connected with Christ's College.
He worked for the Royal Agricultural Society and specialized in ticks of medical and veterinary importance, while also publishing on spiders and other arthropods. That mix of practical science and close natural history helps explain why his books still appeal to readers interested in how animals live and behave.
Warburton lived an unusually long life, dying in 1958 at the age of 104. Reliable pages found during this search confirm his scientific reputation, but I couldn't confirm a suitable portrait image from the available page images, so no profile photo is included.