The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne

Gilbert White FRS was born at his grandfather's vicarage at Selborne in Hampshire on 18th July 1720. He was educated at the Holy Ghost School and then by private tutor before being accepted at Oriel College, Oxford. White obtained his deacon's orders in 1746 and was fully ordained in 1749. He went on to hold several curacies in Hampshire and Wiltshire, as well as Selborne itself on four separate occasions. During 1752/53 White held the office of Junior Proctor at Oxford and was Dean of Oriel. In