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Egerton MS 2348

Record Id:

032-001983301

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-001983301

MDARK:

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Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Egerton MS 2348

Title:

LETTER of Charles Lucien Bonaparte, Prince of Musignano and Canino, and other naturalists, English and foreign, to George Robert Gray, F.R.S.; 1831-1871. Paper. Folio. From the Farnborough Fund.

Scope & Content:

Natural History: Letters of naturalists to G. R. Gray: 1831-1871.

Charles Lucien Buonaparte, Prince of Canino and Musignano: Correspondence with G. R. Gray: 1838-1857.

George Robert Gray, FRS, Assistant-Keeper of Zoology, British Museum: Letters to, from English and Foreign naturalists: 1831 - 1871.

includes:

ff. 86, 90, 117 John Obadiah Westwood, entomologist and palaeographer: Letters to G. R. Gray: 1831-1838.
ff. 88, 92, 94, 100 Félix Edouard Guérin-Méneville, Naturalist: Letters to G. R. Gray: 1832, 1833.: Fr.
f. 96 Auguste Chevrotat, French Naturalist: Letter to G. R. Gray: 1832.: Fr.
f. 98 William Kirby, Naturalist: Letter to G. R. Gray: 1832.
f. 102 François L - de Laporte, Comte de Castelneau: Letter to G. R. Gray: 1834.: Fr.
f. 104 Thomas James Ewing, Naturalist: Letter to G. R. Gray: 1835.
ff. 105, 121 H- G- Harrington, of Hobart Town: Letters to G. R. Gray: 1836.
f. 107 Carlo Passerini, Professor of Zoology at Florence: Letter to G. R. Gray: 1837.
ff. 111, 157 Sir William Jardine, Baronet: Letters to G. R. Gray: 1837, 1843.
ff. 112, 120 George Robert Gray, FRS, Assistant-Keeper of Zoology, British Museum: Letters to Prince C. L. Bonaparte, and W. Swainson: 1838, 1839.
f. 114 William Yarrell, zoologist: Letter to G. R. Gray: 1838.
f. 116 Hugh Cuming, naturalist: Notice of the bird "Tabon": 1838.
f. 119 William Swainson, FRS: Letter to G. R. Gray: 1839.
ff. 123, 245, 247 John Gould, FRS; ornithologist: Letters to G. R. Gray: 1839, 1871.
f. 125 Alexander Brunton, DD: Letter to G. R. Gray: 1840.
f. 127 Robert Jameson, Regius Professor of Natural History, Edinburgh: Letter to G. R. Gray: 1840.
f. 128 R- A- Bankier, Navy Surgeon: Letter to G. R. Gray: 1840.
f. 129 Bulkeley Bandinel, Bodley's Librarian: Letter to G. R. Gray: 1840.
ff. 130, 136, 142, 148, 177, 183, 200, 204, 207, 228 Hugh Edwin Strickland, FGS: Letters to G. R. Gray: 1840-1869.
ff. 134, 138,175 Sir John Richardson, KCB, MD, etc: Letters to G. R. Gray: 1840, 1843.
ff. 140, 188, 190, 192 Dr Gustav Hartlaub, of Bremen: Letters to G. R. Gray: 1840 - 1847.
f. 146 Jean Victor Audouin, French entomologist: Letter to G. R. Gray: 19th cent.: Fr.
ff. 150, 214 Edward Smith Stanley, Lord Stanley, 13th Earl of Derby (1834): Letters to G. R. Gray: 1843-1850.
f. 152 Henry Roseoe Sandbach: Letter to G. R. Gray: 1843.
ff. 153, 159 F- W- L- Ross: Letters to G. R. Gray: 1843.
f. 155 Edwin Brown, Naturalist: Letter to G. R. Gray: 1843.
ff. 161, 181 Parfait O- Des-Murs, French Naturalist: Letters to G. R. Gray: 1843, 1844.: Fr.
f. 163 David William Mitchell, FLS: Letter to G. R. Gray: 1843.
f. 167 F- Dyson, Rector of South Tidworth: Letter to G. R. Gray: 1843.
ff. 169, 172 Edward Blyth, Curator of the Royal Asiatic Society Museum at Calcutta: Letters to G. R. Gray: 1843.
ff. 185, 202 Frederic de Lafresnaye, Baron: Letters to G. R. Gray: 1846, 1848.: Fr.
ff. 187, 198, 218 Johann Jacob Kaup, Director of the Museum of Zoology at Darmstadt: Letters to G. R. Gray: 1846, 1847.
f. 195 Paul William; Duke of Würtemberg: Letter to G. R. Gray: 1847.: Germ.
ff. 196, 205 Dr William Peter Edward Simon Ruppell: Letters to G. R. Gray: 1847, 1949.
f. 209 Constanty Tyzenhauz, Count: Letter to O. R. Gray: 1849.: Fr.
ff. 211, 212 Christian Fr- Sturm, of Nürnberg: Letters to G. R. Gray: 1849.
ff. 216, 217 Thomas Bell, Professor of Zoology at King's College, London: Letters to G. R. Gray: 1851.
f. 219 Carl Johan Sundevall, of the Zoological Museum, Stockholm: Letter to G. R. Gray: 1851.: Fr.
f. 220 William Spence, FLS: Letter to G. R. Gray: n.d.
f. 222 William Thompson, President of the Belfast Natural History Society: Letter to G. R. Gray: n.d.
ff. 224, 252 Hermann Schlegel, Professor at Leyden: Letters to G. R. Gray: 1862, 1871.
f. 225 John Bird Sumner, Archbishop of Canterbury: Letters to G. R. Gray: 1850-1860.
f. 227 Sir George Biddell Airy, KCB; Astronomer Royal: Letter to G. R. Gray: 1866.
ff. 229, 231 Arthur Hay, Viscount Walden; 2nd son of George, 8th Marquis of Tweeddale: Letters to G. R. Gray: 1869.
ff. 232-240 Charles Robert Darwin, naturalist: Letters to G. R. Gray: 1869.
f. 241 August Yon Pelzeln, Zooloist, of Vienna: Letter to G. R. Gray: 1870.
ff. 242, 243 Dr Otto Finsch, zoologist: Letters to G. R. Gray: 1870.
f. 249 Osbert Salvin: Letter to G. R. Gray: 1871.
f. 250 Albert S- Bickmore, Curator of the Natural History Museum, New York: Letter to G. R. Gray: 1871.
f. 253 Jean Alphonse Boisduval du Chaffour: Letter to G. R. Gray: n.d.: Fr.
f. 255 Thomas Caverhill Jerdon, FZS: Letter to G. R. Gray: n.d.
f. 256 William Charles Hewitson: Letter to G. R. Gray: n.d.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Egerton Manuscripts

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Hierarchy:

032-001983301

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

1 item

Digitised Content:

Languages:

English
French
German

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1831

End Date:

1871

Date Range:

1831-1871

Era:

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Names:

Airy, George Biddell, Knight, Astronomer Royal, 1801-1892
Audouin, Jean Victor, French entomologist
Bandinel, Bulkeley, librarian, scholar, ecclesiastic, 1781-1861
Bankier, R. A., surgeon, Royal Navy, fl 1840
Bell, Thomas, Professor of Zoology at King's College, London
Bickmore, Albert S-, Curator of the Natural History Museum, New York
Blyth, Edward, Curator of the Royal Asiatic Society Museum at Calcutta
Boisduval du Chaffour, Jean Alphonse
Brown, Edwin, Naturalist
Brunton, Alexander, DD
Buonaparte, Charles Lucien, Prince of Canino and Musignano
Chevrotat, Auguste, French Naturalist
Cuming, Hugh, naturalist
Darwin, Charles Robert, naturalist, 1809-1882,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121251077
Dyson, Francis, of South Tidworth, clergyman and chaplain, fl 1808-1838
Ewing, Thomas James, clergyman, schoolmaster and naturalist, 1813-1882
Finsch, Friedrich Hermann Otto, ethnographer, naturalist and explorer, 1839-1917
Gould, John, ornithologist, 1804-1881
Gray, George Robert, zoologist, author and curator, 1808-1872
Harrington, H- G-, of Hobart Town
Hartlaub, Gustav, Dr; of Bremen
Hay, Arthur, Viscount Walden, 2nd son of George, 8th Marquis of Tweeddale
Hewitson, William Charles
Jameson, Robert, Regius Professor of Natural History, Edinburgh
Jardine, William, Baronet, of Egerton MS 2348
Jerdon, Thomas Caverhill, FZS
Kaup, Johann Jacob, Director of the Museum of Zoology at Darmstadt
Kirby, William, Naturalist; of Add MS 29533
Lafresnaye, Frederic, Baron
Laporte, François L -, Comte de Castelneau
Mitchell, David William, FLS
Murs, Marc Athanase Parfait Œillet, naturalist and politician, 1804-1889
Méneville, Félix-Édouard, entomologist, 1799-1874
Passerini, Carlo, Professor of Zoology at Florence
Paul William, Duke of Würtemberg
Pelzeln, August Yon, Zooloist, of Vienna
Richardson,, John, KCB, MD, etc
Ross, F- W- L-
Ruppell, William Peter Edward Simon, Dr
Salvin, Osbert
Sandbach, Henry Roseoe
Schlegel, Hermann, Professor at Leyden
Spence, William, FLS
Stanley, Edward Smith, Lord Stanley, 13th Earl of Derby (1834)
Strickland, Hugh Edwin, FGS
Sturm, Christian Fr-, of Nürnberg
Sumner, John Bird, Archbishop of Canterbury
Sundevall, Carl Johan, of the Zoological Museum, Stockholm
Swainson, William, FRS
Thompson, William, President of the Belfast Natural History Society
Tyzenhauz, Constanty, Count
Westwood, John Obadiah, entomologist and palaeographer
Yarrell, William, zoologist