GB 0120 MSS.2501 and 7066-7071 - Saint-Hilaire, Isidore Geoffroy (1805-1861)

7 volumes

GB 0120 MSS.2501 and 7066-7071 1783-1861 Collection (fonds) 7 volumes Hilaire , Isidore Geoffroy , Saint- , 1805-1861 , zoologist

Born in Paris, 1805; appointed assistant naturalist to his father, 1824; taught zoology at the Athne, and teratology at the Ecole pratique, 1829-1831; elected a member of the French Academy of Sciences, 1833; Faculty of Sciences in Paris, 1837; Faculty of Sciences in Bordeaux, 1838; Inspector of the Academy of Paris, 1840; Professor of the Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, 1841; Inspector-general of the University, 1844; member of the Royal Council for Public Instruction, 1845; Professor of Zoology at the Faculty of Sciences, 1850; founded the Acclimatization Society of Paris, of which he was President, 1854; died, 1861.

Purchased from Charavay, Paris, 1935.

Miscellaneous scientific notes of Isidore Geoffroy St-Hilaire, 1783-1861, mainly relating to taxonomy and hybridisation. With some fragmentary corrected proofs of published works and other printed matter.

The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.

Photocopies/photographs/microfilm are supplied for private research only at the Archivist's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds, and that photographs cannot be photocopied in any circumstances. Readers are restricted to 100 photocopies in twelve months. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.

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Described in: S.A.J. Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1962-1973) and Richard Palmer, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts in the Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine: Western Manuscripts 5120-6244 (London: The Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine, 1999).

Copied from the Wellcome Library catalogue by Sarah Drewery.

In compliance with ISAD (G): General International Standard Archival Description - 2nd Edition (1999); UNESCO Thesaurus, December 2001; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Feb 2009 Pathology Diseases Congenital, hereditary, and neonatal diseases and abnormalities Congenital abnormalities Monsters Typology Scientific methods Hilaire , Isidore Geoffroy , Saint- , 1805-1861 , zoologist Zoology

Purchased from Charavay, Paris, 1935.

Miscellaneous scientific notes of Isidore Geoffroy St-Hilaire, 1783-1861, mainly relating to taxonomy and hybridisation. With some fragmentary corrected proofs of published works and other printed matter.

The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.

Photocopies/photographs/microfilm are supplied for private research only at the Archivist's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds, and that photographs cannot be photocopied in any circumstances. Readers are restricted to 100 photocopies in twelve months. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.

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Described in: S.A.J. Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1962-1973) and Richard Palmer, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts in the Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine: Western Manuscripts 5120-6244 (London: The Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine, 1999).

In compliance with ISAD (G): General International Standard Archival Description - 2nd Edition (1999); UNESCO Thesaurus, December 2001; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

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