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- 1912-1925 (Creation)
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2 boxes
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Born, 1897; Norland Place School, 1904-1908; St Paul's Girls' School, 1908–1916; unpaid research assistant British Museum (Natural History), 1917-1919; fellowship of the Zoological Society, 1917; curator, British Museum (Natural History), 1920; fellowship of the Linnean Society, 1923; honorary DSc from the Intercollegiate University, Chicago; curator of reptiles , Zoological Society, 1923-1931; involved in the design of Whipsnade Zoo; died 1931.
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GB 0814 ZBB 1912-1925 Collection (fonds) 2 boxes Procter , Joan Beauchamp , 1897-1931 , zoologist
Born, 1897; Norland Place School, 1904-1908; St Paul's Girls' School, 1908–1916; unpaid research assistant British Museum (Natural History), 1917-1919; fellowship of the Zoological Society, 1917; curator, British Museum (Natural History), 1920; fellowship of the Linnean Society, 1923; honorary DSc from the Intercollegiate University, Chicago; curator of reptiles , Zoological Society, 1923-1931; involved in the design of Whipsnade Zoo; died 1931.
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Correspondence of Joan Procter, 1912-1925, comprising personal and professional letters to Joan Procter. Includes pressed flowers from R Pascoli; and a photograph of Franz Werner. Some letters are signed only with first names. Many of the letters have their original envelopes. There are a few replies.
Correspondants include: Thomas Barbour, William Bateson, C J Battersby, St. J Bolkay, Eirene Botting, Edward George Boulenger, George Albert Boulenger, Richard Higgins Burne, Eric Burrows, P Chabanaud, Geroge Coldsteam, Nellie Lousie Condon, Harding Cox, Wilfred Cooksey Crowther, Charles Alexander de Cosson, J van Denburgh, Emmett Reid Dunn, Rodney E Ellis, Sibyl Flower Stanley Smyth Flower, Evelyn C Gedge, George Bernard Gooch, F R Gray, Pamela Adelaide Genevieve Grey, Annie H Hardy, Sir Sidney Frederic Harmer, W Claud Harris, H D Hemming, Lancelot Thomas Hogben, James Baynes Jago, John Brandon-Jones, Miss Lade, H Edith Legge, M Legge, Arthur Loveridge, Marguerite M McArthur, Sir Edward Montague Compton Mackenzie, Ernest William MacBride, Sir Peter Chalmers Mitchell, N Nasbet, J K Noble, Riccardo Pascoli, Cecilia Payne, M Phisalix, A Hayward-Pinch, Alexander G Ruthven, Karl P Scmidt, M B Sloley, Malcolm Arthur Smith, Sir John Bland-Sutton, Sir Francis Patrick Fletcher Vane, Franz Werner, Otto von Wettstein and Gaston Francois de Witte.
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Entry transcribed by Sarah Drewery, April 2011.
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.
April 2011 Harmer , Sir , Sidney Frederic , 1862-1950 , Knight , zoologist Werner , Franz , fl 1922-1925 , zoologist Wettstein , Otto , von , 1892-1967 , zoologist Witte , Gaston François , de , 1897-1980 , zoologist Harris , W Claud , b 1889 , Zoological Society of London Chief Clerk Flower , Stanley Smyth , 1871-1946 , zoologist Boulenger , George Albert , 1858-1937 , marine biologist Grey , Pamela Adelaide Genevieve , d 1928 , nee Wyndham , author , wife of 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon Boulenger , Edward George , 1888-1946 , zoologist Procter , Joan Beauchamp , 1897-1931 , zoologist Bateson , William , 1861-1926 , biologist Cosson , Charles Alexander , de , 1843-1929 , Baron De Cosson , historian Hogben , Lancelot Thomas , 1895-1975 , zoologist Mackenzie , Sir , Edward Montague , Compton , 1883-1972 , Knight , writer x Compton Mackenzie , Sir , Edward Montague x Mackenzie , Compton MacBride , Ernest William , 1866-1940 , zoologist Vane , Sir , Francis Patrick Fletcher , 1861-1934 , fifth baronet , army officer and boy scout leader Zoology Natural history British Museum (Natural History) x Natural History Museum
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Correspondence of Joan Procter, 1912-1925, comprising personal and professional letters to Joan Procter. Includes pressed flowers from R Pascoli; and a photograph of Franz Werner. Some letters are signed only with first names. Many of the letters have their original envelopes. There are a few replies.
Correspondants include: Thomas Barbour, William Bateson, C J Battersby, St. J Bolkay, Eirene Botting, Edward George Boulenger, George Albert Boulenger, Richard Higgins Burne, Eric Burrows, P Chabanaud, Geroge Coldsteam, Nellie Lousie Condon, Harding Cox, Wilfred Cooksey Crowther, Charles Alexander de Cosson, J van Denburgh, Emmett Reid Dunn, Rodney E Ellis, Sibyl Flower Stanley Smyth Flower, Evelyn C Gedge, George Bernard Gooch, F R Gray, Pamela Adelaide Genevieve Grey, Annie H Hardy, Sir Sidney Frederic Harmer, W Claud Harris, H D Hemming, Lancelot Thomas Hogben, James Baynes Jago, John Brandon-Jones, Miss Lade, H Edith Legge, M Legge, Arthur Loveridge, Marguerite M McArthur, Sir Edward Montague Compton Mackenzie, Ernest William MacBride, Sir Peter Chalmers Mitchell, N Nasbet, J K Noble, Riccardo Pascoli, Cecilia Payne, M Phisalix, A Hayward-Pinch, Alexander G Ruthven, Karl P Scmidt, M B Sloley, Malcolm Arthur Smith, Sir John Bland-Sutton, Sir Francis Patrick Fletcher Vane, Franz Werner, Otto von Wettstein and Gaston Francois de Witte.
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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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