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Record Id:
032-002021265
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-002021265
MDARK:
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Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
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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Hierarchy Record Ids:
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
1 item
Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
French
German
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1823
End Date:
1874
Date Range:
1823-1874
Era:
CE
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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 (Subject)
Beadle, E. R., of Philadelphia, fl 1867 (Subject)
Bourcier, Jules (Subject)
Bowen, George Ferguson, GCMG, colonial governor (Subject)
Bowring, Edgar Alfred, civil servant, politician and translator, 1826-1911 (Subject)
Carus, Carl Gustav, Dr; President of the Academy of Naturalists, Dresden (Subject)
Cusack, Christopher John, Surgeon, Lecturer on Anatomy (Subject)
Dielitz, Theodor, Secretary General of Royal Museums at Berlin, fl 1870 (Subject)
Dixwell, Epes Sargent, teacher, lawyer and secretary of the Natural History Society of Boston, America, 1807-1899 (Subject)
Gray, John Edward, zoologist, botanist and curator, 1800-1875 (Former owner)
Gérard, Jean-Antoine, physician and secretary of the Société Linnéenne de Lyon, 1812-1884 (Subject)
Kippist, Richard, Librarian of the Linnean Society (Subject)
Le Jolis, Auguste, President of the Natural Science Society at Cherbourg (Subject)
Lindhagen, Daniel George, Secretary to the Academy of Science, Stockholm (Subject)
Martius, Carl Friedrich Philipp, Dean of Munich University, and President of the Botanical Society of Ratisbon, 1794-1868 (Subject)
Moller, Didrik Magnus Axel, Professor of Astronmy at Lund (Subject)
Montmorency, Anne Charles François, Duc de Montmorency (Subject)
Sismonda, Angelo, of the Royal Academy of at Turin (Subject)
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, 1819-1901, (Subject)
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121443562
Westerman, G- F-, Zoologist, of Amsterdam (Subject)
Places:
Berlin, Germany
Boston, Massachusetts