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- [1845-1883] (Produção)
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1 box
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História biográfica
Born, Stratford-on-Avon, 1831; educated, University College London; studied medicine and surgery at Middlesex Hospital; MD, 1851; medical service at Scutari, 1854; Assistant Surgeon, Lecturer in anatomy and curator of the museum, Middlesex Hospital; Curator, Hunterian Museum, Royal College of Surgeons of England, 1861-1884; Hunterian Professor of Comparative Anatomy and Physiology, 1870; member of Council, 1862-1899, President, 1879-1899, Zoological Society; Fellow of the Royal Society, 1864; President, Anthropological Institute, 1883-1885; Director of the Natural History Museum, 1884-1898; died, London, 1899.
Publications include: Diagrams of the Nerves of the Human Body, exhibiting their origin, divisions and connections (London, 1861); An Introduction to the Osteology of the Mammalia: being the substance of a course of Lectures delivered at the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 1870 (London, 1870); Introductory Lecture to the course of Comparative Anatomy, delivered at the Royal College of Surgeons of England, February 14, 1870 (London, 1870); Catalogue of the Specimens illustrating the Osteology and Dentition of vertebrated animals ... contained in the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons (1879); The Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. (Address, etc.) [1879]; Races of Men [1880]; A general guide to the British Museum. Natural History (1887); The Horse: a study in natural history (1891); An introduction to the study of Mammals, living and extinct with Richard Lydekker (A & C Black, London, 1891); Essays on Museums and other subjects connected with natural history (Macmillan & Co, London, 1898).
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GB 0114 MS0012 [1845-1883] Collection (fonds) 1 box Flower , Sir , William Henry , 1831-1899 , Knight , zoologist
Born, Stratford-on-Avon, 1831; educated, University College London; studied medicine and surgery at Middlesex Hospital; MD, 1851; medical service at Scutari, 1854; Assistant Surgeon, Lecturer in anatomy and curator of the museum, Middlesex Hospital; Curator, Hunterian Museum, Royal College of Surgeons of England, 1861-1884; Hunterian Professor of Comparative Anatomy and Physiology, 1870; member of Council, 1862-1899, President, 1879-1899, Zoological Society; Fellow of the Royal Society, 1864; President, Anthropological Institute, 1883-1885; Director of the Natural History Museum, 1884-1898; died, London, 1899.
Publications include: Diagrams of the Nerves of the Human Body, exhibiting their origin, divisions and connections (London, 1861); An Introduction to the Osteology of the Mammalia: being the substance of a course of Lectures delivered at the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 1870 (London, 1870); Introductory Lecture to the course of Comparative Anatomy, delivered at the Royal College of Surgeons of England, February 14, 1870 (London, 1870); Catalogue of the Specimens illustrating the Osteology and Dentition of vertebrated animals ... contained in the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons (1879); The Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. (Address, etc.) [1879]; Races of Men [1880]; A general guide to the British Museum. Natural History (1887); The Horse: a study in natural history (1891); An introduction to the study of Mammals, living and extinct with Richard Lydekker (A & C Black, London, 1891); Essays on Museums and other subjects connected with natural history (Macmillan & Co, London, 1898).
This collection was created at the Royal College of Surgeons of England and has been added to the deposited manuscript collections.
Papers of Sir William Henry Flower, [1845-1883], comprising papers largely created and compiled as Curator of the Hunterian Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, relating to a collection of birds' eggs, undated; rough list of contents of store bottles, undated; payments for expenses on specimens for the Museum during 1802-1861, 1861; list of additions purchased for the Museum during 1806-1862, [c1862]; summary of principal duties and occupations of museum officers and servants in the absence of the Conservator, undated; salaries and wages for the museum department, 1861; list of specimens presented by Dr Andrew Murray, 1865; list of specimens presented to the Museum by W L Crowther, [1868]; report on the Hunterian documents held by the Royal College of Surgeons of England, 1868; report on the state of the physiological series in the museum, 1869; description of pathological specimens from the bodies of soldiers who died insane, forwarded by Dr William Julius Mickle, 1876; list of preparations from the College Collection, 1876; list of total numbers of preparations in the Museum, 1877.
papers relating to preparations of specimens, duties of Royal College of Surgeons of England, museum staff; catalogues of physiological and pathological specimens; letter to Alban Doran; correspondence with Thomas Stone; correspondence with Edward Shuter, 1845-1883.
The records are arranged as outlined in the scope and content.
Open to bona fide researchers by written appointment.
At the discretion of the Librarian.
English
Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Library of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (1928) by Victor G Plarr.
Notebooks, drawings and papers, letters to CE Fagan, 1889-1899 (Reference: DF939), letters from JE Gray, 1869 (Reference: L MSS GRAYJ A), letters (13) to ACLG Gunther and RWT Gunther, 1869-1898 (Reference: L MSS GUNTHER COLL (16)) and correspondence as director of the natural history departments, 1884-1892 (Reference: DF932), held by the Natural History Museum; correspondence, including letters from Charles Darwin and Alfred Wallace, held by the John Innes Foundation Historical Collections, Norwich; letters (11) to Thomas Huxley, 1862-1895 (Reference: B/HUXLEY), held by Imperial College Archives; letters to Othniel Marsh, held by Yale University Libraries: Sterling Memorial Library; letters to Sir EB Poulton, 1882-1890, held by Oxford University: Museum of Natural History.
Sources: Dictionary of National Biography (Smith, Elder and Co, London, 1895); Historical Manuscripts Commission On-line National Register of Archives; British Library Public On-line Catalogue. Compiled by Julie Tancell as part of the RSLP AIM25 project. 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. October 2002 Anatomical specimens Anatomy Animal taxonomy Biology Cultural personnel Death Diseases Flower , Sir , William Henry , 1831-1899 , Knight , zoologist Human biology Life cycle Medical specimens Museum administration Museum collections Museum curators Museum facilities Museum personnel Museum policy Museums Pathological museums Pathology Physiology Royal College of Surgeons of England Royal College of Surgeons of England , Hunterian Museum x Hunterian Museum Scientific equipment Specialized museums Stone , Thomas Madden , fl 1838-1882 , Librarian of Royal College of Surgeons of England Zoology Equipment Collections Cultural resources
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This collection was created at the Royal College of Surgeons of England and has been added to the deposited manuscript collections.
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Papers of Sir William Henry Flower, [1845-1883], comprising papers largely created and compiled as Curator of the Hunterian Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, relating to a collection of birds' eggs, undated; rough list of contents of store bottles, undated; payments for expenses on specimens for the Museum during 1802-1861, 1861; list of additions purchased for the Museum during 1806-1862, [c1862]; summary of principal duties and occupations of museum officers and servants in the absence of the Conservator, undated; salaries and wages for the museum department, 1861; list of specimens presented by Dr Andrew Murray, 1865; list of specimens presented to the Museum by W L Crowther, [1868]; report on the Hunterian documents held by the Royal College of Surgeons of England, 1868; report on the state of the physiological series in the museum, 1869; description of pathological specimens from the bodies of soldiers who died insane, forwarded by Dr William Julius Mickle, 1876; list of preparations from the College Collection, 1876; list of total numbers of preparations in the Museum, 1877.
papers relating to preparations of specimens, duties of Royal College of Surgeons of England, museum staff; catalogues of physiological and pathological specimens; letter to Alban Doran; correspondence with Thomas Stone; correspondence with Edward Shuter, 1845-1883.
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The records are arranged as outlined in the scope and content.
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Condições de acesso
Open to bona fide researchers by written appointment.
Condiçoes de reprodução
At the discretion of the Librarian.
Idioma do material
- inglês
Sistema de escrita do material
- latim
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English
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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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Notebooks, drawings and papers, letters to CE Fagan, 1889-1899 (Reference: DF939), letters from JE Gray, 1869 (Reference: L MSS GRAYJ A), letters (13) to ACLG Gunther and RWT Gunther, 1869-1898 (Reference: L MSS GUNTHER COLL (16)) and correspondence as director of the natural history departments, 1884-1892 (Reference: DF932), held by the Natural History Museum; correspondence, including letters from Charles Darwin and Alfred Wallace, held by the John Innes Foundation Historical Collections, Norwich; letters (11) to Thomas Huxley, 1862-1895 (Reference: B/HUXLEY), held by Imperial College Archives; letters to Othniel Marsh, held by Yale University Libraries: Sterling Memorial Library; letters to Sir EB Poulton, 1882-1890, held by Oxford University: Museum of Natural History.
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- Anatomy
- Zoology » Animal taxonomy
- Biology
- Cultural personnel
- Life cycle » Death
- Pathology » Diseases
- Biology » Human biology
- Life cycle
- Museum policy » Museum administration
- Museum facilities » Museum collections
- Cultural personnel » Museum personnel » Museum curators
- Museum facilities
- Cultural personnel » Museum personnel
- Museum policy
- Museums
- Pathology
- Physiology
- Scientific equipment
- Museums » Specialized museums
- Zoology
- Cultural resources
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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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- inglês