by William Lindsay, Neil Clark · Gallimard Jeunesse · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782070553136
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«Dinosaures» is the popular science book on dinosaurs by William Lindsay and Neil Clark, from Gallimard Jeunesse in paperback (160 pages).
Explains when dinosaurs lived, which were the most fearsome species and how they disappeared, dividing them into saurischians and ornithischians. It also devotes a chapter to the marine and flying reptiles that lived at the same time.
Visual Pocket Encyclopedia collection, with mention on the cover of complementary websites. French edition of 2003; original in English, Dinosaurs, 1993.
For young readers interested in palaeontology and the history of dinosaurs.
William Alexander Lindsay was a long-serving officer of arms at the College of Arms in London. Lindsay was the son of Hon. Colin Lindsay son of James 7th Earl of Balcarres, 24th Earl of Crawford and Lady Frances Howard, daughter of the Earl of Wicklow. He was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, and was President of the Cambridge Union. On 7 May 1870, he married Lady Harriet Hamilton-Gordon, a daughter of the 5th Earl of Aberdeen and Mary Baillie. His heraldic career began in 1882 when he was appointed Portcullis Pursuivant in Ordinary at the College of Arms. He was promoted to the office of Windsor Herald of Arms in Ordinary in 1894. In 1919, he was promoted Norroy King of Arms after Charles Athill was promoted to Clarenceux King of Arms. Three years later, Lindsay followed Athill to the role of Clarenceux on Athill's death. Lindsay held the office from 1922 until his own death in 1926.
