Edward Jesse

Edward Jesse (January 14, 1780 – March 28, 1868), English writer on natural history, was born at Hutton Cranswick, Yorkshire, where his father was vicar of the parish.

He became clerk in a government office in 1798, and for a time was secretary to Lord Dartmouth, when president of the Board of Control. In 1812 he was appointed commissioner of hackney coaches, and later he became deputy surveyor-general of the royal parks and palaces. On the abolition of this office he retired on a pension, and he died at Brighton.

The result of his interest in the habits and characteristics of animals was a series of pleasant and popular books on natural history, the principal of which are:
*"Gleanings in Natural History" (1832-1835)
*"An Angler's Rambles" (1836)
*"Anecdotes of Dogs" (1846)
*"Lectures on Natural History" (1863)He also edited Izaak Walton's "The Compleat Angler", Gilbert White's "Selborne", and L Ritchie's "Windsor Castle", and wrote a number of handbooks to places of interest, including Windsor and Hampton Court.

His son, John was a noted historian.

References

*1911

External links

* [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/26500 Anecdotes of Dogs, 1858 Edition]