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Philip Henry Gosse
1810–1888
A pioneering naturalist of the Victorian era, he helped bring the hidden world of seashore life to a wide audience. His books mixed careful observation with a real sense of wonder, especially when he wrote about marine animals and life in Jamaica.
5 Audiobooks
Omphalos: An Attempt to Untie the Geological Knot
by Philip Henry Gosse
A Year at the Shore
by Philip Henry Gosse
The Romance of Natural History, Second Series
by Philip Henry Gosse
The birds of Jamaica
by Philip Henry Gosse
Illustrations of the birds of Jamaica
by Philip Henry Gosse
About the author
Born in 1810, Philip Henry Gosse was an English naturalist and writer whose work helped popularize the study of the natural world in the nineteenth century. He spent time in Newfoundland and later in Jamaica, where close observation of plants and animals shaped some of his best-known books.
Gosse became especially admired for his studies of marine life and for writing that made science approachable to general readers. He is often associated with the early popularity of the home aquarium, and works such as The Aquarium and his studies of sea anemones introduced many readers to creatures they might never otherwise have noticed.
He was also the father of writer Edmund Gosse. Philip Henry Gosse died in 1888, but his nature writing still stands out for its curiosity, detail, and delight in the living world.