GB 0120 MSS.4787 & 7598 - Thoüin Family, botanists, France

61 items

GB 0120 MSS.4787 & 7598 1774-1828 Collection (fonds) 61 items Thoüin Family

Thoüin , André , 1747-1824 , head of the Jardin des Plantes, Paris

Thoüin , Jacques , 1751-1836

Thoüin , Gabriel , d 1829

Leclerc , Oscar , [b 1764]

André Thoüin (1747-1824), head of the Jardin des Plantes, Paris, also elected a Member of the Academie des Sciences in 1795; André's 3 younger brothers: Jacques Thoüin (1751-1836); Gabriel Thoüin (d 1829); Jean Thoüin (d 1827); Their nephew Oscar Leclerc [Thoüin] (1798-1845). Oscar was the son of their sister Louise Thoüin (b.c.1764) and the writer and Revolutionary activist Jean-Baptiste Leclerc (1756-1826).

All were linked with the Jardin des Plantes in Paris and the worlds of botany and agriculture in some capacity and the papers reflect this as their main concern; for more details on the various individuals see Le jardin des plantes á la croisée des chemins avec Andre Thoüin, 1747-1824, edited by Yvonne Letouzey (Paris, 1989).

Personal and professional papers relating to the family, specifially: André Thoüin (1747-1824), 16 items including correspondence and reports by him; André's 3 younger brothers: Jacques Thoüin (1751-1836), 4 items of correspondence an items signed by him; Gabriel Thoüin (d.1829), 3 letters signed by him; Oscar Leclerc [Thoüin] (1798-1845), 2 items by him.

Also, 35 items, primarily correspondence, addressed to Thoüin family members.

Arranged items by individual family authors, and then the correspondence to the family.

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.

French

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.

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Personal and professional papers relating to the family, specifially: André Thoüin (1747-1824), 16 items including correspondence and reports by him; André's 3 younger brothers: Jacques Thoüin (1751-1836), 4 items of correspondence an items signed by him; Gabriel Thoüin (d.1829), 3 letters signed by him; Oscar Leclerc [Thoüin] (1798-1845), 2 items by him.

Also, 35 items, primarily correspondence, addressed to Thoüin family members.

Arranged items by individual family authors, and then the correspondence to the family.

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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French

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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