[Letters relating to Australia (NSW) fossil mammal specimens forwarded to Dr Fitton (Geol Soc. London) by Mitchell and H. Dumaresq : some, at least, of the specimens survived & were transferred later to the BM (NH) along with the letters. One letter to W Lonsdale from Lincoln's Inn Fields 29 July 18
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Dumaresq, H.
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Clift, William, 1775-1849
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William Clift, English museum curator, was born in Cornwall on 14 Feb. 1775. He married Caroline Amelia Pope in 1799; their daughter, Caroline Amelia Clift, married Sir Richard Owen in 1835. Clift died in London on 20 June 1849. Clift became an apprentice to physician John Hunter in 1792; after Hunter's death, Clift was retained to care for his extensive collection of pathological specimens. When this collection was acquired by the Royal College of Surgeons of England in...
Fitton, William Henry, 1780-1861
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Mitchell, T. L. (Thomas Livingstone), 1792-1855
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Explorer. From the description of Papers [manuscript]. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225759817 Epithet: Australian explorer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000474.0x0003dc Surveyor. Surveyor-general of N.S.W. 1828-1855. From the description of Letter [manuscript]. 1851. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225809044 Surveyor General of New South Wales...