Tales From The Thebaide.Tales From The Thebaide Peter C.H. Pritchard Krieger Publishing Company PO Box 9542, Melbourne, FL 32902-9542 157524277X, $44.50 www.krieger-publishing.com 1-800-724-0025 Peter Pritchard Dr. Peter Pritchard is a leading turtle zoologist. Educated at Oxford University and the University of Florida, where he earned his Ph.D. in Zoology, he is most commonly known for his campaign of almost 40 years for the conservation of turtles. is a well known authority on the biology and conservation of turtles and tortoises. He has established a permanent field station for turtle conservation in northwestern Guyana and since 1998 has been the Director of the Chelonian chelonian member of the order Chelonia of the class Reptilia. Includes tortoise, terrapin, turtle, sea turtle. Research Institute in Oviedo, Florida Oviedo is a city in Seminole County, Florida, United States. A suburb northeast of Orlando. The population was 26,316 at the 2000 census. As of 2006, the population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau is 30,618.[1]. . Currently he is also serving as an Adjunct Professor of biology at Florida Atlantic university “FAU” redirects here. For other uses, see FAU (disambiguation). Florida Atlantic University, also referred to as FAU or Florida Atlantic, is a public, coeducational research university with its main campus in Boca Raton, Florida, United States. and the University of Central Florida “UCF” redirects here. For other uses, see UCF (disambiguation). UCF is a member institution of the State University System of Florida. UCF was founded in 1963 as Florida Technological University with the goal of providing highly trained personnel to support the Kennedy . In "Tales From The Thebaide: Reflections Of A Turtleman", Professor Pritchard has compiled a series of his scientific essays, stories of personal adventures, autobiographical vignettes and philosophy musings. Professor Pritchard's accounts of his travels around the world researching and working with shelled reptiles is as fascinating as it is informative. Writing with impeccable scholarship and a genuine knack for storytelling, Professor Pritchard has created a seminal work that is confidently recommended reading for both academia and the non-specialist general reader with an interest in turtles, tortoises, and a scientific life of adventure, discovery, and accomplishment. |
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