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Charles Spence Bate was born at Trenick House, near Truro, Cornwall, in 1819. Charles Spence Bate practised dentistry at Swansea from 1841-1851, and then practised at Plymouth. During his career, Bate was Secretary and President of the Plymouth Institution, President of the Odontological Society and an Honorary Member of the Dublin Natural History Society. He became a Fellow of the Linnean Society in 1854, a member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 1860, and a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1861. Bate published 'On the Development of Decapod Crustacea' in the Philosophical Transactions, 1857. He was an eminent zoologist, and became known as an authority in Crustacea. He died in 1889.
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GB 0114 MS0171 c 1857 Collection (fonds) 1 box Bate , Charles Spence , 1819-1889 , dental surgeon and zoologist
Charles Spence Bate was born at Trenick House, near Truro, Cornwall, in 1819. Charles Spence Bate practised dentistry at Swansea from 1841-1851, and then practised at Plymouth. During his career, Bate was Secretary and President of the Plymouth Institution, President of the Odontological Society and an Honorary Member of the Dublin Natural History Society. He became a Fellow of the Linnean Society in 1854, a member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 1860, and a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1861. Bate published 'On the Development of Decapod Crustacea' in the Philosophical Transactions, 1857. He was an eminent zoologist, and became known as an authority in Crustacea. He died in 1889.
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Papers of Charles Spence Bate, c 1857, comprising 2 manuscript notebooks containing tracings and lists of crustacea; and a manuscript index and notes referring to various species of crustacea.
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Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Library of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (1928) by Victor G Plarr.
Compiled by Anya Turner.
Source: Royal Society Website, Sackler Archive Resource at http://www.royalsoc.ac.uk/library/
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Sep 2008 Animals Aquatic animals Bate , Charles Spence , 1819-1889 , dental surgeon and zoologist Crustaceans Fish Organisms Shellfish Zoology
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Papers of Charles Spence Bate, c 1857, comprising 2 manuscript notebooks containing tracings and lists of crustacea; and a manuscript index and notes referring to various species of crustacea.
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Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Library of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (1928) by Victor G Plarr.
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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
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