GB 0114 MS0254 - Clift, William and Owen, Sir Richard: Correspondence from C D Sherborn's Collection

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GB 0114 MS0254 1816-1886 Collection (fonds) 1 volume Clift , William , 1775-1849 , naturalist

Owen , Sir , Richard , 1804-1892 , Knight , comparative anatomist and palaeontologist

Blizard , Sir , William , 1743-1835 , Knight , surgeon

Brodie , Sir , Benjamin Collins , 1783-1862 , 1st Baronet , surgeon

Clift , William Home , 1803-1832 , museum curator

Cline , Henry , 1750-1827 , surgeon

Cooper , Sir , Astley Paston , 1768-1841 , 1st Baronet , surgeon

Cooper , Bransby Blake , 1792-1853 , surgeon

Cooper , William White , 1816-1886 , surgeon and oculist

Guthrie , George James , 1785-1856 , surgeon

Home , Sir , Everard , 1756-1832 , 1st Baronet , surgeon

Keate , Robert , 1777-1857 , surgeon

Lawrence , Sir , William , 1783-1867 , 1st Baronet , surgeon

Skey , Frederic Carpenter , 1798-1872 , surgeon

South , John Flint , 1797-1882 , surgeon

Travers , Benjamin , 1783-1858 , surgeon

William Clift was born in 1775. He was apprenticed to John Hunter in 1792 and had sole charge of his museum after his death. He made copies of many of Hunter's manuscripts before the destruction of the originals by his brother-in-law Sir Everard Home. Clift was then conservator of the Hunterian Museum after the collection was transferred to the Royal College of Surgeons in 1800. He continued in this role for nearly 50 years compiling an osteological catalogue of the museum and researching the collections. He died in 1849.

Sir Richard Owen was born in 1804. He studied at the University of Edinburgh Medical School from 1824. He moved to London and became apprenticed to John Abernethy, in 1825. He was made Assistant Curator to the Hunterian Museum, in 1826. Owen engaged in private practice, lectured in comparative anatomy, worked with the collections in the museum, founded various societies, and made discoveries such as the identification of a sub-order of Saurian reptiles which he named Dinosauria. Owen became Joint Conservator of the Hunterian Museum with William Clift, in 1842. Owen worked on the natural history collections of the British Museum, and campaigned for them to form a separate museum, which was opened in 1881 (now the Natural History Museum). Owen was knighted in 1884 and died in 1892.

Presented by the Royal Society of Medicine, in 1958.

Papers relating to William Clift and Sir Richard Owen, 1816-1886, comprising a volume of 157 letters written to William Clift or Sir Richard Owen from various correspondents, relating mainly to work carried out in the Hunterian Museum, although some are of a more personal nature. Correspondents include members of the Abernethy family; Sir William Blizard; Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie; Henry Cline; William Cooke; Sir Astley Cooper; Bransby Blake Cooper; William White Cooper; George James Guthrie; Sir Everard Home; Robert Keate; Sir William Lawrence; Frederic Carpenter Skey; John Flint South; and Benjamin Travers.

The letters are arranged alphabetically by author and are numbered in sequence.

By written appointment only.

At the discretion of the librarian.

English

Additional manuscripts catalogue.

The letters were microfilmed in 1992.

Sir Richard Owen: MS0007/1/3 - Lecture of Sir Charles Bell written by Richard Owen; MS0025 - Owen, Sir Richard (1804-1892); MS0233 - Memoir of William Clift by Richard Owen; MS0245 - William White Cooper - Notes of Richard Owen's lectures 1838-1839; MS0246 - Letter from Jean Pierre Flourens to Richard Owen, 1834; MS0247 - Letter from Lyon Playfair to Richard Owen, 1857; MS0248/2 - Thomas Wormald - Letters from Richard Owen to Thomas Wormald, 1856-1859; MS0249 - Two letters from Richard Owen to Sir Astley Cooper and the Royal College of Surgeons of England, 1837-1863; and MS0250 - Richard Owen commemorative stamps and postcards, 1991

Hunterian Museum: Queckett papers - Histology of Animals plates with manuscript notes by Richard Owen.

William Clift: MS0007 - Clift, William papers; MS0233 - Sherborne Collection Papers; MS0122 - Manuscript notes of lectures delivered by Joseph Henry Green; MS0128 - Maiden, William (1768-1845) collection including letters and papers by William Clift; MS0234 - Autograph letters from William Clift to Dr Usher Parsons of Boston; MS0235 - Autograph letter from William Clift to Philip Syng Physick; MS0237 - Scrappiana or extracts various by William Clift; MS0238 - Correspondence and Papers of the Clift and Owen families.

For details of Richard Owen material in other repositories, please see the main Richard Owen collection description at MS0025.

For details of William Clift material in other repositories, please see the main William Clift collection description at MS0007.

Compiled by Anya Turner.

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.

Sep 2008 Guthrie , George James , 1785-1856 , surgeon Cooper , William White , 1816-1886 , surgeon and oculist Cooper , Sir , Astley Paston , 1768-1841 , 1st Baronet , surgeon Cooper , Bransby Blake , 1792-1853 , surgeon Cline , Henry , 1750-1827 , surgeon Clift , William Home , 1803-1832 , museum curator Clift , William , 1775-1849 , museum curator and scientific illustrator Brodie , Sir , Benjamin Collins , 1783-1862 , 1st Baronet , physiologist and surgeon Blizard , Sir , William , 1743-1835 , Knight , surgeon Correspondence Museum facilities Letter writing Museum collections Information sources Records and correspondence Letters (documents) Home , Sir , Everard , 1756-1832 , 1st Baronet , surgeon Keate , Robert , 1777-1857 , surgeon Lawrence , Sir , William , 1783-1867 , 1st Baronet , surgeon Owen , Sir , Richard , 1804-1892 , Knight , comparative anatomist and palaeontologist Skey , Frederic Carpenter , 1798-1872 , surgeon South , John Flint , 1797-1882 , surgeon Travers , Benjamin , 1783-1858 , surgeon Hunterian Museum Writing Communication skills Communication process Collections Cultural resources

Presented by the Royal Society of Medicine, in 1958.

Papers relating to William Clift and Sir Richard Owen, 1816-1886, comprising a volume of 157 letters written to William Clift or Sir Richard Owen from various correspondents, relating mainly to work carried out in the Hunterian Museum, although some are of a more personal nature. Correspondents include members of the Abernethy family; Sir William Blizard; Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie; Henry Cline; William Cooke; Sir Astley Cooper; Bransby Blake Cooper; William White Cooper; George James Guthrie; Sir Everard Home; Robert Keate; Sir William Lawrence; Frederic Carpenter Skey; John Flint South; and Benjamin Travers.

The letters are arranged alphabetically by author and are numbered in sequence.

By written appointment only.

At the discretion of the librarian.

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English

Sir Richard Owen: MS0007/1/3 - Lecture of Sir Charles Bell written by Richard Owen; MS0025 - Owen, Sir Richard (1804-1892); MS0233 - Memoir of William Clift by Richard Owen; MS0245 - William White Cooper - Notes of Richard Owen's lectures 1838-1839; MS0246 - Letter from Jean Pierre Flourens to Richard Owen, 1834; MS0247 - Letter from Lyon Playfair to Richard Owen, 1857; MS0248/2 - Thomas Wormald - Letters from Richard Owen to Thomas Wormald, 1856-1859; MS0249 - Two letters from Richard Owen to Sir Astley Cooper and the Royal College of Surgeons of England, 1837-1863; and MS0250 - Richard Owen commemorative stamps and postcards, 1991

Hunterian Museum: Queckett papers - Histology of Animals plates with manuscript notes by Richard Owen.

William Clift: MS0007 - Clift, William papers; MS0233 - Sherborne Collection Papers; MS0122 - Manuscript notes of lectures delivered by Joseph Henry Green; MS0128 - Maiden, William (1768-1845) collection including letters and papers by William Clift; MS0234 - Autograph letters from William Clift to Dr Usher Parsons of Boston; MS0235 - Autograph letter from William Clift to Philip Syng Physick; MS0237 - Scrappiana or extracts various by William Clift; MS0238 - Correspondence and Papers of the Clift and Owen families.

Additional manuscripts catalogue.

The letters were microfilmed in 1992.

For details of Richard Owen material in other repositories, please see the main Richard Owen collection description at MS0025.

For details of William Clift material in other repositories, please see the main William Clift collection description at MS0007.

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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