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- 1900-1931, 1945 (Creation)
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1 box or 0.01m3
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Biographical history
Born Agnes Kelly in 1875; educated at the Dollar Academy, Dunfirmline and Bedford College, University of London; Associate of Bedford College, 1896; gained first class honours in Zoology, 1897; went to University of Munich, Germany, where she gained her PhD and met Georg Murgoci, 1900; spent many years in Bucharest, where her husband was Professor of Mineralogy; died 1929.
Publications: Rumania and the Rumanians (Anglo-Rumanian Society, London, 1918).
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Presented to the College Library by the family in 1945. The papers were transferred from the Bedford College Archives when the College merged with Royal Holloway in 1985.
GB 0505 PP12 1900-1931, 1945 Collection (fonds) 1 box or 0.01m3 Murgoci , Agnes , 1875-1929 , Zoologist
Born Agnes Kelly in 1875; educated at the Dollar Academy, Dunfirmline and Bedford College, University of London; Associate of Bedford College, 1896; gained first class honours in Zoology, 1897; went to University of Munich, Germany, where she gained her PhD and met Georg Murgoci, 1900; spent many years in Bucharest, where her husband was Professor of Mineralogy; died 1929.
Publications: Rumania and the Rumanians (Anglo-Rumanian Society, London, 1918).
Presented to the College Library by the family in 1945. The papers were transferred from the Bedford College Archives when the College merged with Royal Holloway in 1985.
Offprints of articles, 1900-1931, written by Agnes Murgoci (née Kelly) concerning Romanian folklore and customs, and mineralogy, and including two biographical articles relating to the life of Agnes Murgoci, 1927. Correspondence relating to the deposit of the articles in the Bedford College Library, 1945.
Arranged chronologically.
Open to all registered users of the Royal Holloway, University of London Archives.
Copies may be supplied, subject to the condition of the original. Requests to publish original material should be directed to the College Archivist.
English and German
Handlist available in the Royal Holloway, University of London Archives reading room.
Compiled by Sarah Aitchison as part of the 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. Feb 2000 Cultural heritage Customs and traditions Eastern Europe Folklore Intangible cultural heritage Mineralogy Murgoci , Agnes , 1875-1929 , zoologist Romania
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Offprints of articles, 1900-1931, written by Agnes Murgoci (née Kelly) concerning Romanian folklore and customs, and mineralogy, and including two biographical articles relating to the life of Agnes Murgoci, 1927. Correspondence relating to the deposit of the articles in the Bedford College Library, 1945.
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Arranged chronologically.
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Open to all registered users of the Royal Holloway, University of London Archives.
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Copies may be supplied, subject to the condition of the original. Requests to publish original material should be directed to the College Archivist.
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- English
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- Latin
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English and German
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Handlist available in the Royal Holloway, University of London Archives reading room.
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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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- English