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- 1802-1817 (Creation)
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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.
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GB 0114 MS0237 1802-1817 Collection (fonds) 1 volume 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.
Donated by Mrs Francis Hirtzell, Sir Richard Owen's great granddaughter, via Jacob William Gruber.
Papers of William Clift, 1802-1817, comprising a volume titled Scrappiana or Extracts various, containing notes, poetry, thoughts and maxims, and extracts from publications including Erasmus Darwin's Zoonomia.
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Sep 2008 Natural history Literature Poetry Literary forms and genres Information sciences Communications media Publications Albums (documents) Books Scrapbooks Information sources Documents Notebooks Philosophy Clift , William , 1775-1849 , museum curator and scientific illustrator Darwin , Erasmus , 1731-1802 , physician, botanist and poet Owen , Sir , Richard , 1804-1892 , Knight , comparative anatomist and palaeontologist
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Donated by Mrs Francis Hirtzell, Sir Richard Owen's great granddaughter, via Jacob William Gruber.
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Papers of William Clift, 1802-1817, comprising a volume titled Scrappiana or Extracts various, containing notes, poetry, thoughts and maxims, and extracts from publications including Erasmus Darwin's Zoonomia.
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As outlined in Scope and Content.
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- Latin
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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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