Papers, 1876-1916.

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Papers, 1876-1916.

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The bulk of these papers directly relate to his expeditions to the Caribbee Islands, the West Indies, the Arctic, Hawaii, Greenland, and the North Sea. There are lectures, writings, photprints, journals, notes, and correspondence for these trips. There is a small group of papers that concern his studies in Germany, as well as miscellaneous drawings and sketches.

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University of Pennsylvania, Archives & Records Center

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University of Pennsylvania, Archives & Records Center

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Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

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Sharp, Benjamin, 1858-1915

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Benjamin Sharp, Jr., zoologist and explorer. Received his A.B., 1878 from Swarthmore College, M.D., 1879 and Ph.D., 1880 from the University of Pennsylvania, and Ph.D., 1883 from the University of Wurtzburg, Bavaria. Professor of Invertebrate Zoology at the Academy of Natural Science, 1883-1915 and at the University of Pennsylvania, 1884-1888. Expeditions to: Caribbee Islands, 1888-1889; Hawaiian Islands, 1893; Arctic, 1895; Alaska, Siberia, and Arctic, 1895. Representative for Nantucket to the ...

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