ACCOUNT 
OF THE 
REV. GILBERT WHITE. 
“Gitpert Wuite was the eldest son of John 
White, of Selborne, Esq., and of Anne, the 
daughter of Thomas Holt, rector of Streatham 
in Surrey. He was born at Selborne on July 18, 
1720, and received his school education at Bas- 
ingstoke, under the Rev. Thomas Warton, vicar 
of that place, and father of those two distin- 
guished literary characters, Dr. Joseph Warton, 
master of Winchester school, and Mr. Thomas 
Warton, poetry professor at Oxford. He was 
admitted at Oriel College, Oxford, in December, 
1739, and took his degree of Bachelor of Arts 
in June, 1743. In March, 1744, he was elected 
Fellow of his college. He became Master of 
Arts in October, 1746, and was admitted one of 
the senior proctors of the University in April, 
1752. Being of an unambitious temper, and 
strongly attached to the charms of rural scenery, 
he early fixed his residence in his native village, 
