Language
en
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Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Original publisher
London: J. van Voorst, 1849.
Credits
Peter Becker, Robert Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Release date
2024-04-13
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

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.
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