Clift, William: Autograph letters to Dr Usher Parsons of Boston - AIM25

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GB 0114 MS0234

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Clift, William: Autograph letters to Dr Usher Parsons of Boston

Date(s)

1824-1831 (Création/Production)

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1 file

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Nom du producteur

Clift , William , 1775-1849 , museum curator and scientific illustrator

Notice biographique

William Clift was born in Cornwall in 1775, and was educated locally. He became an apprentice anatomical assistant to the celebrated surgeon John Hunter (1728-1793) in 1792. He was appointed conservator of the Hunterian Museum after Hunter's death. He became a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1823, and was a member of the Society for Animal Chemistry. He died in 1849.

Dépôt

Royal College of Surgeons of England

Histoire archivistique

GB 0114 MS0234 1824-1831 Collection (fonds) 1 file Clift , William , 1775-1849 , museum curator and scientific illustrator

William Clift was born in Cornwall in 1775, and was educated locally. He became an apprentice anatomical assistant to the celebrated surgeon John Hunter (1728-1793) in 1792. He was appointed conservator of the Hunterian Museum after Hunter's death. He became a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1823, and was a member of the Society for Animal Chemistry. He died in 1849.

Presented by Professor Jane Oppenheimer of Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania, in 1958.

Papers of William Clift, 1824-1831, comprising a file containing an autograph letter from William Clift to Dr Usher Parsons, Boston, Massachusetts, 8 Jun 1824; an autograph letter from William Clift to Dr Usher Parsons, Boston, Massachusetts, 30 Jul 1831; and an autograph presention inscription to the Linnaean Society of New England, [1824].

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English

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 Clift , William , 1775-1849 , museum curator and scientific illustrator Museum activities Correspondence Communication process Communication skills Writing Letter writing Parsons , Usher , 1788-1868 , surgeon Linnaean Society of New England Massachusetts USA North America

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Presented by Professor Jane Oppenheimer of Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania, in 1958.

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