Kingley vale: worth fighting for -- The origins of ecology -- George Tansley, Christian socialism, and the working men's college -- Highgate School, University College, London, and Trinity College, Cambridge -- Teaching at University College, the Chicks, and marriage to Edith -- Seashores and woodlands: Looking for patterns -- The Managing Director of British Ecology -- Disillusion and disaffection -- The Oxford years, 1927-1937 -- The magnum opus, Grantchester and retirement -- The years of fulfilment, 1937-53 -- A detached liberal philosopher and free-thinker

1. Tansley
2. A. G. (Arthur George)
3. Sir
4. -- 1871-1955
5. Tansley
6. A. G. (Arthur George)
7. Sir
8. -- 1871-1955 -- Political and social views
9. Nature Conservancy (Great Britain) -- History
10. Field Studies Council (Great Britain) -- History
11. Ecologists -- Great Britain -- Biography
12. Botanists -- Great Britain -- Biography
13. Great Britain -- Environmental conditions