GB 0114 MS0233 - Sherborne Collection Papers

1 volume

GB 0114 MS0233 Early 19th century Collection (fonds) 1 volume Clift , William , 1775-1849 , naturalist

Owen , Sir , Richard , 1804-1892 , Knight , comparative anatomist and palaeontologist

Hunter , Anne Home , 1742-1821 , poet

William Clift was born in Cornwall in 1775, and was educated locally. He became an apprentice anatomical assistant to the celebrated surgeon John Hunter (1728-1793) in 1792. He was appointed conservator of the Hunterian Museum after Hunter's death. He became a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1823, and was a member of the Society for Animal Chemistry. He died in 1849.

Anne Home Hunter was born in Greenlaw, Berwickshire, in 1742. She was a poet, and the wife of John Hunter, the surgeon and anatomist. She died in 1821.

Sir Richard Owen was born in Lancaster in 1804. He was educated at Lancaster grammar school, the University of Edinburgh, and St Bartholomew's Hospital. He was a comparative anatomist, a palaeontologist, conservator of the Hunterian Museum, and superintendent of the Natural History collections of the British Museum. He died in 1892.

Donated by Charles Davies Sherborne in 1808.

Sherbourne Collection papers, early 19th century, comprising a volume containing a manuscript by William Clift on his transcription of John Hunter's manuscripts, watermarked 1821; a manuscript epitaph for John Hunter, by his widow Anne Home Hunter, after 1804-1805; a manuscript by William Clift giving an account of his apprenticeship with John Hunter; a autobiographical manuscript by William Clift, 30 Mar 1840; and a manuscript by Sir Richard Owen titled Biography of William Clift.

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No photocopying permitted.

English

Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Library of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (1928) by Victor G Plarr.

Papers of William Clift (MS0007) and Papers of Richard Owen (MS0025).

Compiled by Anya Turner.

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.

Sep 2008 Clift , William , 1775-1849 , museum curator and scientific illustrator Apprenticeship Training methods Epitaphs Literature Literary forms and genres Prose Biographies Information sources Documents Manuscripts Home , Sir , Everard , 1756-1832 , 1st Baronet , surgeon Hunter , Anne Home , 1742-1821 , poet Hunter , John , 1728-1793 , surgeon and anatomist

Donated by Charles Davies Sherborne in 1808.

Sherbourne Collection papers, early 19th century, comprising a volume containing a manuscript by William Clift on his transcription of John Hunter's manuscripts, watermarked 1821; a manuscript epitaph for John Hunter, by his widow Anne Home Hunter, after 1804-1805; a manuscript by William Clift giving an account of his apprenticeship with John Hunter; a autobiographical manuscript by William Clift, 30 Mar 1840; and a manuscript by Sir Richard Owen titled Biography of William Clift.

As outlined in Scope and Content.

By written appointment only.

No photocopying permitted.

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English

Papers of William Clift (MS0007) and Papers of Richard Owen (MS0025).

Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Library of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (1928) by Victor G Plarr.

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.

• inglês