Chris Lavers
{{short description|Natural historian}}
Chris Lavers (born 1965) is an author, natural historian, and Associate Professor of Ecology and Biogeography at the University of Nottingham.
His most popular book to date is The Natural History of Unicorns. In a review of this book, The Washington Post has written "Don't confuse this book with cryptozoology [...] Lavers is a scientist and a scholar. He isn't trying to prove the existence of an elusive beast. He understands that myths, like hardy plants, grow from their native environment, then get carried abroad and cross-fertilize with indigenous stories elsewhere, producing hybrids whose lineage requires careful untangling."{{cite news|last1=Sims|first1=Michael|title='The Natural History of Unicorns' by Chris Lavers (book review)|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/06/AR2009110601502.html|accessdate=15 November 2015|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=8 November 2009}}
Books
- The Natural History of Unicorns. USA: William Morris. (2009) {{ISBN|978-0-06-087414-8}}.{{cite news|last1=Brown|first1=Helen|title=The Natural History of Unicorns by Chris Lavers - review|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/bookreviews/4174819/The-Natural-History-of-Unicorns-by-Chris-Lavers-review.html|accessdate=15 November 2015|publisher=The Daily Telegraph|date=8 January 2009}}{{cite news|last1=Hahn|first1=Daniel|title=Origin of the specious (book review)|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2009/jan/03/natural-history-unicorns-chris-lavers|accessdate=15 November 2015|work=The Guardian|date=2 January 2009}}{{cite news|last1=Shilling|first1=Jane|title=Mythical beast or just a white ass with a long horn? (book review)|publisher=Evening Standard|date=19 January 2009|id={{ProQuest|330302218}}}}
- Why Elephants Have Big Ears; Understanding Patterns of Life. St. Martin's Griffin.
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