Moorcroft Collection: journals, correspondence and notes of William Moorcroft (1765?-1825), veterinary surgeon in the Bengal Army and superintendent of the Company's stud in Bengal 1808-25, apparently employed as a secret agent, chiefly relating to h... 1812-1825

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Moorcroft Collection: journals, correspondence and notes of William Moorcroft (1765?-1825), veterinary surgeon in the Bengal Army and superintendent of the Company's stud in Bengal 1808-25, apparently employed as a secret agent, chiefly relating to h..., 1812-1825

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51 volumes

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eng,

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British Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6533563

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Trebeck, George, active 1812-1825

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Saunders, George, active 1812-1825, Subject of Mss Eur A20-21; B50-51; C39-45; C68-69; D236-69; E113; F35-41; G27-31

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Epithet: Subject of Mss Eur A20-21; B50-51; C39-45; C68-69; D236-69; E113; F35-41; G27-31 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001512.0x000024 ...

Edmonstone, Neil Benjamin, active 1782-1825, Subject of Mss Eur D1189

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gg119t (person)

Epithet: Subject of Mss Eur D1189 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001477.0x000152 ...

Moorcroft, William, 1765-1825

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Moorcroft was born in Lancashire and educated in Liverpool for the medical profession. While he was a student he was assigned to examine a local outbreak of cattle disease, as a result of which he switched to veterinary science. After amassing a considerable fortune in London he lost his wealth through the filing of numerous bad patents and in 1808 he took a position as veterinary surgeon with the Bengal Army. During this time he also took the position of Superintendent of the East ...

Traill, George William

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Epithet: naturalist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000266.0x00035f Epithet: Subject of Mss Eur A20-21; B50-51; C39-45; C68-69; D236-69; E113; F35-41; G27-31 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001512.0x000335 The botanist Frank Shipley Collins (1848-1920) was an authority on American algae. He spent his life in Massa...

Gerard, Patrick, active 1812-1825, Captain; Subject of Mss Eur A20-21; B50-51; C39-45; C68-69; D236-69; E113; F35-41; G27-31

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6m71zjz (person)

Epithet: Captain; Subject of Mss Eur A20-21; B50-51; C39-45; C68-69; D236-69; E113; F35-41; G27-31 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001244.0x000032 ...

Gerard, James Gilbert, active 1812-1833, Creator of Mss Eur C951

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vj5khr (person)

Epithet: Creator of Mss Eur C951 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001244.0x000030 ...

Walker, William, active 1812-1825, Captain

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Epithet: Captain British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001569.0x00000a ...

De Ruvron, active 1812-1825, Madame

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Epithet: Madame British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001477.0x000394 ...

Kőrösi Csoma, Sándor, 1784-1842

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6s28nw6 (person)

1820-1842 studied Tibetan in Ladakh and Calcutta; published Tibetan dictionaries and grammar. Epithet: philologist and orientalist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001477.0x00024d ...

Kennedy, Charles P, active 1812-1825, Captain

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gr7g7b (person)

Epithet: Captain British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001347.0x0000a6 ...

Ochterlony, David, Sir, 1st Baronet, Major-General

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6872656 (person)

Epithet: Major-General Title: 1st Baronet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001440.0x0000cb Epithet: Lieutenant-Colonel Title: 1st Baronet 1816 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000269.0x00024b ...

Metcalfe, Charles Theophilus, Baron Metcalfe

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Title: Baron Metcalfe British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001347.0x0002d2 ...

Wilson, H.H. (Horace Hayman), 1786-1860

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xm1zsp (person)

1808-1833 Bengal Medical Service; 1832-1860 Professor of Sanskrit, University of Oxford; 1836-1860 Librarian to the East India Company and the India Office. Epithet: orientalist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001569.0x000122 ...

Palmer, John, of Add MS 27925

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Epithet: of Clerkenwell British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001092.0x000331 Epithet: Fellow of Magdalen Coll., Oxford British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001092.0x000329 Epithet: of Add MS 38729 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc...