Herbert Guthrie-Smith
Encyclopedia
William Herbert Guthrie-Smith (1862-1940) was a New Zealand
farmer, author and conservationist
.
His book, Tutira: the story of a New Zealand sheep station, published in 1921, documented the impact of humans on New Zealand's environment in an easy reading, non-scientific yet accurate manner.
He documented the birdlife of New Zealand with photography.
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
farmer, author and conservationist
Conservationist
Conservationists are proponents or advocates of conservation. They advocate for the protection of all the species in an ecosystem with a strong focus on the natural environment...
.
His book, Tutira: the story of a New Zealand sheep station, published in 1921, documented the impact of humans on New Zealand's environment in an easy reading, non-scientific yet accurate manner.
He documented the birdlife of New Zealand with photography.
Selected bibliography
- Tutira: the story of a New Zealand sheep station
- Birds of water, wood and waste
- Mutton birds and other birds
- Bird life on island and shore
- Sorrows and joys of a New Zealand naturalist
External links
- Guthrie-Smith, William Herbert, from An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, edited by A. H. McLintock, originally published in 1966. Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 18-Sep-2007
- New Zealand Birds - H. Guthrie-Smith
- Photographs by Guthrie-Smith in the collection of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa