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Thomas Henry Huxley - Papers [M876-916], 1839-1926

Thomas Henry Huxley - Papers [M876-916], 1839-1926

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9PQ87Okn

Thomas Henry Huxley - Papers [M876-916], 1839-1926

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Full title

Thomas Henry Huxley - Papers [M876-916], 1839-1926

Date

Canberra : Australian Joint Copying Project, [19--]

Call Numbers

M 876-916

Record Identifier

9PQ87Okn

Reference Code

432496
Physical Description

Contents

1 microfilm reels 35 mm

Other Descriptions

Level of description

Fonds

Access and use

Issue Copy

Microfilm : M 876-916

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Scope and Contents

Contents

General and scientific correspondence (ca. 4500 letters), the 850 correspondents including John Tyndall, Sir Joseph Hooker, Michael Foster, Charles Darwin, Sir Charles Lyell, Alexander Agassiz, Rev. Benjamin Jowett and Herbert Spencer (arranged in alphabetical order); nearly all the letters exchanged between T.H. Huxley and his wife from 1847-1895...

Alternative Titles

Full title

Thomas Henry Huxley - Papers [M876-916], 1839-1926

Notes

General note

Filmed as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project by the National Library of Australia and the State Library of New South Wales
National Library of Australia holds microfilm master
Available for reference
Australian Joint Copying Project handbook. Part 8 : Miscellaneous [M series], Entry 91, p. 47-48
Australian Joint Copying Projec...

Contextual Information

Administrative / Biographical history

Zoologist, lecturer and writer. Assistant surgeon on the survey ship H.M.S. Rattlesnake from 1846 to 1850; 1854-1885 taught natural history at the Royal School of Mines; President of the Royal Society 1881-1885

Identifiers

Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

M 876-916

Record Identifier

9PQ87Okn

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9PQ87Okn

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Reference code

432496

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