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England. His wife, however, had followed him to that 

 place, and there a son was born in January 1759. This 

 boy, after his father's return to England, resided for a 

 considerable time with his uncle Gilbert, who was much 

 attached to him, and appears, from his frequent affec- 

 tionate mention of him in his letters to the father at 

 Blackburn, to have treated him as a son. His studies 

 of the best classical authors under his uncle's guidance 

 and teaching, and the discrimination with which the sub- 

 jects of those studies were selected, manifest the anxious 

 care with which his education was conducted; and he 

 became, in return, very useful to his uncle, acting occa- 

 sionally as his amanuensis, and in various other ways. 

 A reference to the letters of Gilbert White to his brother 

 will show in a very interesting manner the intimate re- 

 lation in which " Jack " stood to his uncle, the anxious 

 care and supervision of the latter, and the practical 

 gratitude of the boy. There can be no doubt that his 

 success in after life was, in a great degree, the result of 

 this influence. After many schemes had been considered 

 with the greatest care and anxiety, he was brought up to 

 the medical profession; and, after having practised for a 

 time at Alton, he was induced to migrate to Salisbury, 

 where he shortly afterwards was elected surgeon to the 

 Infirmary in that city. His mother, after her husband's 

 death, resided with Gilbert White, and remained with 

 him during the remainder of his life. 



Anne, who was born in April 1731, was married to 

 Thomas Barker, Esq., of Lyndon Hall, in the county of 

 Rutland, a gentleman of an ancient and respectable 

 family*, and the grandson, on his mother's side, of the 



* The following passage is from a letter of Mr. Barkers to Gilbert 

 White : " I find Bercarius for Barker in papers under my uncle 



