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GB 0114 MS0075 · 1845-1888

Papers of Sir William James Erasmus Wilson, 1845-1888, comprising correspondence with Thomas Stone and the Royal College of Surgeons Of England, and notes on 'Cleopatra's Needle', 1845-1884; Wilson's Will and Codicil, 1882-1883; and correspondence between his executors, solicitors, the Royal College of Surgeons of England, and the accountant charged with organising Wilson's estate on the College's behalf, 1885-1888.

Wilson , Sir , William James Erasmus , 1809-1884 , Knight , dermatologist and philanthropist x Wilson , Erasmus
GB 0402 GEW · Collection · 1902-1941

Papers of Guy Wilson, 1902-1941, including a short account of the campaigns in East Africa, Part I 'The war in German East Africa noe Tanganyika territory', 1914-1918, Part II 'The Abyssinian campaign of 1940-1941', with two sketch maps; press cuttings; maps; correspondence c 1902-1950s; personal papers including records of service; printed material; photograph and notes.

Wilson , Guy Edward Harrington , 1883-1963 , Captain
GB 0120 WA/HMM · 1874-[1984]

Papers of the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, 1874-[1984], comprising reports, correspondence, administration records, staff files, inventories, diaries, registers, notebooks, financial records, details of exhibitions and events, visitors books, photographs, publications, presscuttings, and papers relating to Henry Solomon Wellcome's personal life including arrangements for his funeral.

Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
Smith (Sidney) Papers
GB 0103 MS ADD 383 · 20th century

Papers of Professor Sidney Smith on Ancient Near Eastern Chronology for the Cambridge Ancient History (2nd edition), largely comprising typescript drafts with manuscript annotations, including the Middle Assyrian, Susan, Achaemenean, Iranian, Syrian, Hebrew and Babylonian Calendars; Egyptian, Syrian and Babylonian history; Babylonian, Hittite, Egyptian and other King-lists; the Hittites; Assyrian sources and regnal years; intercalation; and bibliography.

Smith , Sidney , 1889-1979 , scholar of Ancient Near Eastern History
Rye, Reginald Arthur
GB 0096 MS 1095 · Fonds · 1895-1902

Comprising handwritten notes by R.A.Rye on two lectures entitled, Stone Working in Egypt, delivered by Professor Sir William Petrie at University College London (31 May and 7 June 1900); Booklet containing specimens of Mummy cloth (n.d.); Notebook with manuscript notes by Rye on hieroglyphics and their English translation (n.d.); Notebook containing Egyptological notes by Rye, compiled aged around 18 (c1895); Nineteen prints of Egyptian temples and landscapes by J.P.Sebah and Lungaki (n.d.); Five framed colour and black and white drawings (1895-1902).

Rye , Reginald Arthur , b 1876 , librarian and egyptologist
Petrie Letters
GB 0103 MS ADD 113 · 1921-1924

Correspondence with John Sebelien.

Petrie , Sir , (William Matthew) Flinders , 1853-1942 , Knight , Egyptologist
Murray Lecture Notes
GB 0103 MS ADD 387 · 1911-1938

Egyptology lecture notes and syllabuses.

Murray , Margaret Alice , 1863-1963 , Egyptologist
Murray Correspondence
GB 0103 MS ADD 155 · 1857-1926

The collection consists of letters to Margaret Murray; letters to other members of the Murray family; letters to unidentified correspondents; letters to others; and signatures only.

Murray , Margaret Alice , 1863-1963 , Egyptologist
GB 0096 AL87a · Fonds · 1907

Letter from Sir Gaston Camille Charles Maspero of Milon la Chapelle to the Goldsmiths' Librarian, University of London [R A Rye], 30 Sep 1907. Relating to an application by the Unviersity to the Comité d'Égyptologie for a gift of books.

Autograph, with signature.

Maspero , Sir , Gaston Camille Charles , 1846-1916 , Knight , Egyptologist
GB 0117 MS 827 · sub-fonds · late 19th century

Illustrations of Pharaonic Egypt: plates (nos 25-36) and corresponding text sheets for a publication (volume 2) by American Polytechnic Co (Limited), Buffalo, NY (Publishers), depicting mummies, obelisks and a map of Thebes.

Unknown
GB 0120 MSS.2968-2988 and 6821-6823 · 1912-1930

MSS.2968-2988 are chiefly related to Hurry's publications; the best-represented subject in this block of material is "vicious circles" in disease and in general society. In addition, there are papers relating to Hurry's work on Imhotep (vizier and physician to the Pharoah Zoser) and to the woad plant. MSS.6821-6823 comprise correspondence: on the Japanese edition of Vicious Circles in Disease (MS.6821), on the woad plant (MS.6822) and general correspondence (MS.6823).

Hurry , Jamieson Boyd , 1857-1930 , general practitioner and author Cameron , Allison Weir , d 1960 Fenwick , Emmie Dorothy
FRANKFORT, Henri (1897-1954)
GB 1370 WIA, Henri Frankfort · Collection · c 1919-1954

Papers of Henri Frankfort, archaeologist, c 1919-1954, including notes, working papers, correspondence, offprints and photographs of excavations (unidentified). Topics covered include: History of Pre-Classical Antiquity: Ancient Egypt, Africa, Ancient Near East, Ancient Orient.

Frankfort , Henri , 1897-1954 , archaeologist
GB 0096 AL203 · Fonds · 1891-1911

25 letters, mainly written to Florence Farr/Emery, 1891-1911. Correspondents include: William Archer, J M Barrie, Annie Besant, Edward Carpenter, Arnold Dolmetsch, Richard Le Gallienne, John William Mackail, Edward Martyn, George Robert Stow Mead, Gilbert Aimé Murray, Sir W M Flinders Petrie, Sir Arthur Wing Pinero, the Princess Royal (HRH Princess Louise, Duchess of Fife), Charles Ricketts, Robert Baldwin Ross, Charles Haslewood Shannon, George Bernard Shaw, Arthur Symons, John Todhunter, Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree, W B Yeats.

All letters are autograph, with signatures. Many of the letters relate to plays, theatrical performances and drama criticism; other topics covered include theosophy, Indian religion and Egyptology.

Farr , Florence , 1860-1916 , actress and author
Edwards Papers
GB 0103 MS ADD 182 · 1871-1874

Six letters to Miss Cave and one drawing. Some are undated.

Edwards , Amelia Ann Blanford , 1831-1892 , novelist and Egyptologist
Edwards Letters
GB 0103 MS ADD 181 · 1879-1883

Seven letters to Miss Worrall. Some are undated.

Edwards , Amelia Ann Blanford , 1831-1892 , novelist and Egyptologist
Ebers Papyrus
GB 0120 MSS.2272-2279 · c.1903

Translation into English of ancient Egyptian text on the healing art.

Hopkirk , Arthur F. , fl 1889-1913 , physician Joachim , Heinrich , b 1860 , physician and medical historian
GB 1446 MS 37 · 1792

Manuscript transcript of an address entitled 'Blumenbach on Egyptian mummies: Original MS' and subtitled 'XIV observations on some Egyptian mummies opened in London, by John Frederick Blumenbach, MD FRS, addressed to Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. PRS, read April 10 1792'. Three hand drawn illustrations are pasted to p 25.

Blumenbach , Johann Friedrich , 1752-1840 , German doctor and anthropologist
Bent Diaries
GB 1500 Bent · 1883-1898

Diaries and notebooks of James Theodore and Mabel Virginia Anna Bent, 1883-1898, comprising:
Mabel Bent's diaries of visits to the Greek Islands, 1883-1884; Greece and Egypt, 1885; Constantinople [Istanbul] and the Greek Islands, 1886; Greece, 1887; Turkey and Russia, 1888; India and Persia [Iran], 1889 (3 volumes); Cilicia, Turkey, 1890; Central Africa (Mashonaland), 1891 (2 volumes); Hadramout, 1893-1895 (3 volumes); Suez, Kourbat and Athens, 1895-1896; Socotra, Yemen, 1896-1897; Greece and Egypt, 1898;
Theodore Bent's diary of visits to Hadramout, Yemen, 1893-94; Muscat, Dec 1894; Socotra, Yemen, Dec 1896-Mar 1897; notebook, containing Greek inscriptions, 1888; notebook on language in Socotra [1896-1897].

Bent , James Theodore , 1852-1897 , traveller and archaeologist Bent , Mabel Virginia Anna , d 1929 , traveller and writer
Arkell, Anthony John
GB 0102 PP MS 71 · Created 1887-1947

Papers, 1887-1947, largely dating from after c1919, of Anthony John Arkell, comprising reports, articles and notes, and chiefly concerning the archaeology, history and ethnology of the Sudan, together with some administrative papers.

Arkell , Anthony John , 1898-1980 , colonial administrator and archaeologist