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Grant Lists


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0103 MS ADD 59

Held at: University College London

Title: Grant Lists

Date(s): 1850

Level of description: Part of University College London Departmental Records

Extent: 1 folder

Name of creator(s): Grant | Robert Edmond | 1793-1874 | Professor of Comparative Anatomy

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Robert Grant was born in Edinburgh on 11 November 1793. He was educated at Edinburgh High School and at the University of Edinburgh, graduating M.D. in 1814. From 1815 to 1820 Grant studied medicine and natural history in Paris and at many continental universities. He returned to Edinburgh in 1820 and devoted himself to natural history. In 1824 he gave lectures on comparative anatomy of the invertebrate for his friend Dr John Barclay, and he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. He believed in the transformation of species and the Darwinian theory of natural selection. Charles Darwin was his intimate companion in study. Grant wrote numerous original papers during this period. In June 1827 he was elected Professor of Comparative Anatomy and Zoology at University College London and became absorbed in teaching for the next 46 years. He also lectured at other institutions. In 1836 he became a fellow of the Royal Society. Grant died on 23 August 1874 at the age of 80.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Two lists of specimens, instruments, utensils, drawings, etc, illustrative of comparative anatomy and zoology. Both dated 12 January 1850.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Conditions governing access:

Closed. Please contact the UCL Special Collections Team for further information.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Normal copyright restrictions apply.

Physical characteristics:

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Collection level description.

Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

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Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

One list was from Grant's private collection; the other was the property of University College London.

ALLIED MATERIALS

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Related material:

University College London Special Collections also holds a student's notes on Grant's lectures in comparative anatomy delivered at University College London (UCL), 1830, with a printed copy of an examination paper in comparative anatomy, 1831 (Ref: MS ADD 1); essays and notes by Grant on medical subjects and geology, 1813-1823 (Ref: MS ADD 28); students' notes on Grant's lectures on comparative anatomy at UCL in 1832-1834 (Ref: MS ADD 38-9); a catalogue of Grant's library, in his own hand, post-1861 (MS ADD 58); notes by a student, John Phillips Potter, on lectures by Grant at UCL, 1841 (Ref: MS ADD 343); Grant's diplomas, 1814-1874, with some letters, 1871-1874 (Ref: COLLEGE ARCHIVES); letters of Grant relating to specimens and to UCL business, 1827-1875 (Ref: COLLEGE CORRESPONDENCE, including APPLICATIONS and MEDICAL FACULTY).

British Library, Manuscript Collections, holds lecture notes of Grant, 1853 (Ref: Add MS 31197).

Publication note:

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Source: National Register of Archives.

Date(s) of descriptions: 1999, revised Aug 2001


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Anatomical specimens | Scientific equipment | Equipment
Anatomy | Biology
Drawings | Visual materials
Experiments | Research work
Inventories | Secondary documents
Laboratory equipment | Scientific equipment | Equipment
Medical specimens | Scientific equipment | Equipment
Natural philosophy x Science philosophy
Illustrations
Natural sciences
Philosophy
Zoology

Personal names
Grant | Robert Edmond | 1793-1874 | comparative anatomist

Corporate names

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