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Record Id:

032-002021265

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-002021265

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Add MS 29717

Title:

DIPLOMAS of John Edward Gray, Ph.D., F.R.S., Keeper of the Department of Zoology in the British Museum, as member of various English and foreign learned societies, etc.; 1823-1874. Signed; many with seals. Interspersed are a few original letters, the names of the writers of which, as also of those persons by whom the diplomas are signed, will be found in the index. Paper and Vellum. Large Folio. Presented by Dr. J. E. Gray.

Scope & Content:

John Edward Gray, FRS; Keeper of the Zoological département, British Museum: Diplomas and letters to: 1823-1874.

includes:

f. 1 Christopher John Cusack, Surgeon, Lecturer on Anatomy: Certificate in favour of J. E. Gray: 1823.
f. 4 Richard Kippist, Librarian of the Linnean Society: Letter to Dr. J. E. Gray: 1872.
ff. 9, 11 Anne Charles François de Montmorency, Duc de Montmorency: Signatures: 1833.
f. 17 E- S- Dixwell, Secretary to the Natural History Society at Boston, America: Letter to Dr. Gray: 1837.
f. 17 Boston, Massachusetts: Letter from the Secretary of the Natural History Society to Dr. Gray: 1837.
f. 23 Angelo Sismonda, of the Royal Academy of at Turin: Letter to Dr. J. E. Gray: 1847.: Fr.
f. 28 J- A- Gérard, Secretary of the Société Linnéenne de Lyon: Letter to Dr. Gray: 1847.: Fr.
f. 30 Jules Bourcier: Letter to Dr. Gray: 1848.: Fr.
f. 32 Edgar Alfred Bowring, Secretary of the Great Exhibition, 1851: Signature: 1850.
ff. 33, 36 Victoria of England: Autographs of Prince Albert, as President of the Great Exhibition: 1851.
ff. 34, 68 G- F- Westerman, Zoologist, of Amsterdam: Letters to Dr. J. E. Gray: 1851, 1869.: Fr.
ff. 38, 42, 43, 46 Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, Dean of Munich University, and President of the Botanical Society of Ratisbon: Letters to Dr. J. E. Gray and others: 1852.
ff. 51, 55, 58 Dr Carl Gustav Carus, President of the Academy of Naturalists, Dresden: Letters to Dr. J. E. Gray: 1864.: Germ.
f. 66 E- R- Beadle, of Philadelphia: Letter to Dr. Gray: 1867.
f. 69 Daniel George Lindhagen, Secretary to the Academy of Science, Stockholm: Letter to Dr. J. E. Gray: 1869.: Fr.
f. 70 Jacob Georg Agardh, Swedish naturalist: Signature: 1869.
f. 71 Theodor Dielitz, Secretary General of Royal Museums at Berlin: Letter to Dr. Gray: 1870.: Fr.
f. 71 City of Berlin: Letter from the Secretary-General of the Royal Museums to Dr. Gray: 1870.: Fr.
f. 74 Didrik Magnus Axel Moller, Professor of Astronmy at Lund: Letter to Dr. J. E. Gray: 1870.: Germ.
f. 75 Sir George Ferguson Bowen, GCMG; colonial governor: Admission of Dr. Gray to the New Zealand Institute: 1872.
f. 77 Auguste Le Jolis, President of the Natural Science Society at Cherbourg: Letter to Dr. J. E. Gray: 1872.: Fr.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Additional Manuscripts

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

1 item

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Languages:

English
French
German

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1823

End Date:

1874

Date Range:

1823-1874

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Custodial History:

John Edward Gray, FRS; Keeper of the Zoological département, British Museum: Presented: in 1873 and 1874.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Names:

Agardh, Jacob Georg, Swedish naturalist
Beadle, E. R., of Philadelphia, fl 1867
Bourcier, Jules
Bowen, George Ferguson, GCMG, colonial governor
Bowring, Edgar Alfred, civil servant, politician and translator, 1826-1911
Carus, Carl Gustav, Dr; President of the Academy of Naturalists, Dresden
Cusack, Christopher John, Surgeon, Lecturer on Anatomy
Dielitz, Theodor, Secretary General of Royal Museums at Berlin, fl 1870
Dixwell, Epes Sargent, teacher, lawyer and secretary of the Natural History Society of Boston, America, 1807-1899
Gray, John Edward, zoologist, botanist and curator, 1800-1875
Gérard, Jean-Antoine, physician and secretary of the Société Linnéenne de Lyon, 1812-1884
Kippist, Richard, Librarian of the Linnean Society
Le Jolis, Auguste, President of the Natural Science Society at Cherbourg
Lindhagen, Daniel George, Secretary to the Academy of Science, Stockholm
Martius, Carl Friedrich Philipp, Dean of Munich University, and President of the Botanical Society of Ratisbon, 1794-1868
Moller, Didrik Magnus Axel, Professor of Astronmy at Lund
Montmorency, Anne Charles François, Duc de Montmorency
Sismonda, Angelo, of the Royal Academy of at Turin
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, 1819-1901,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121443562
Westerman, G- F-, Zoologist, of Amsterdam

Places:

Berlin, Germany
Boston, Massachusetts