JOHN PHILLIPS: YORKSHIRES TRAVELLER THROUGH TIME (GRITSTONE)

John Phillips (1800-74) was a geologist, cartographer, palaeontologist and passionate devotee of the Yorkshire landscape. This detailed biography of Phillips reveals him as a pioneer walker-writer and artist who tramped thousands of miles in geological wanderings, producing two of the best early guidebooks to Yorkshire, including one of the world's first-ever railway guidebooks. It retraces his footsteps through Dales, Moor and Coast and suggests how he was an inspirational force behind Britain's National Park and outdoor movement.