Letter. 20-11-1843, [London, Eng.] to Tho[ma]s J. Pettigrew.

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Letter. 20-11-1843, [London, Eng.] to Tho[ma]s J. Pettigrew.

Responds to positive medical report on Hudson Gurney; announces first meeting of Ethnological Society.

[1] p. ; 22 x 13 cm.

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Haverford College Library

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Gurney, Hodson, 1775-1864.

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Pettigrew, Thomas Joseph, 1791-1865

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Thomas Pettigrew, antiquarian and Librarian to the Duke of Sussex, was active in a number of British learned societies, including the Royal Society and the Society of Antiquarians. He was the author of History of Egyptian Mummies (1834) and Chronicles of the Tombs (1857), as well as of a memoir of the life of Lord Nelson. From the description of Pettigrew papers, 1815-1863. (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 70064103 From the description of Pettigrew papers, 1797-1865. (...

Hodgkin, Thomas, 1798-1866

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English physician and historian. From the description of Papers, 1850 and undated. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 35091897 Thomas Hodgkin was born in London in 1798, the son of John Hodgkin (1766-1845), a private tutor. The family were strong Quakers and originated in Warwickshire. He trained in medicine at Edinburgh University, taking his M.D. in 1823. After travels in Europe he became Curator of the Medical Museum and Inspector of the Dead at Guy's Hospital, London...