Samuel Henshaw letters from various correspondents, 1849-1931.

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Samuel Henshaw letters from various correspondents, 1849-1931.

Chiefly letters to Henshaw about his study of the British naturalist Gilbert White, author of The Natural History of Selborne, from Charles William Eliot, Walter Faxon, Hugh Stewart Gladstone, Rashleigh Holt-White, and Alfred Newton, among others.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7795200

Houghton Library

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Harvard University. Museum of Comparative Zoology

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The Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ) at Harvard University is a center for research and education focused on the comparative relationships of animal life. The MCZ was founded in 1859 through the efforts of zoologist Louis Agassiz; the museum used to be referred to as "The Agassiz Museum of Comparative Zoology" after its founder. Agassiz designed the collection to illustrate the variety and comparative relationships of animal life. The MCZ one of three natural-history research museums at...

Faxon, Walter, 1848-1920

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Henshaw, Samuel, 1852-1941

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Henshaw was an entomologist and served as Director of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University from 1912 to 1927. From the description of Additional Letters from various correspondents, 1849-1931. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 83225093 From the guide to the Additional letters from various correspondents, 1849-1931., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Gilbert White (1720-1793) was a pioneering British naturalist...

Holt-White, Rashleigh

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Biographer of Gilbert White. From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) : London, to W.H. Mullens, 1913 Jan. 3-1913 Jan. 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269543061 Holt-White was the great-grand-nephew of the English naturalist Gilbert White (1720-1793). From the description of Correspondence, 1820-1926. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122372652 From the guide to the Correspondence, 1820-1926., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Libr...

Gladstone, Hugh S. (Hugh Steuart), 1877-1949

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English naturalist. From the description of Typewritten letter signed : Capenoch, Thornhill, Dumfriesshire, to W.H. Mullens, 1913 Jan. 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270129945 ...

Newton, Alfred, 1829-1907

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Ornithologist. From the description of Letter and list of birds obtained in St. Croix, 1867. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702148291 From the description of Letter and list of birds obtained in St. Croix, 1867. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83384161 Zoologist and educator. From the description of Letter of Alfred Newton, 1868. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79454709 Alfred Newton, a British ornithologist, was one of the founders o...

Eliot, Charles William, 1834-1926

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Eliot served as president of Harvard University (1869-1909). From the description of Correspondence of Charles W. Eliot, 1870-1920. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 234339031 Charles William Eliot (1834-1926) was President of Harvard University from March 12, 1869 to May 19, 1909. He also taught mathematics and chemistry at Harvard University (1858-1863) and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1865-1869). Eliot was one of the most influential educa...

White, Gilbert, 1720-1793

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English naturalist and author. From the description of Autograph letters signed (7) : Selborne and Ringmer, to the Reverend John White, 1773 Oct. 1-1777 Sept. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270588813 English natualist and author. From the description of The Naturalist's Journal : London : manuscript, 1909. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270589799 White was appointed as deacon at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, 27 April 1747. The earliest sermon in t...