IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0814 ZCA
Held at: Zoological Society of London
Title: Buckland, Francis T (Francis Trevelyan) (1826-1880)
Date(s): 1869-1879
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 52 items
Name of creator(s): Buckland | Francis Trevelyan | 1826-1880 | naturalist
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Born 1826; educated at Cotterstock, Northamptonshire, 1835–1837); Laleham, 1837–1839, Winchester College, 1839–1844, Christ Church, Oxford, 1844-1848; studied medicine, St George's Hospital, London, 1848-1851, house surgeon, 1852-1853; assistant surgeon in the 2nd Life Guards, 1854-1863; journalist for the Field newspaper, 1856-1865; started a weekly journal Land and Water, 1865; inspector of salmon fisheries, 1867; scientific referee to the South Kensington Museum, 1865-1880; died, 1880.
Publications: Curiosities of Natural History
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Letters from Frank Buckland to Prince Christian of Schleswig Holstein, 1869-1879. Most are written from the Salmon Fisheries Office, but some are from his 'Land and Water' office. They concern fish, pheasants, Buckland's Museum, seals, and his new book dedicated to Prince Christian, among other topics.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Conditions governing access:
Available. Please make an appointment in advance of your visit.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Please contact the Archive for further information.
Finding aids:
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ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Presented to ZSL by Princess Helena Victoria and Princess Marie Louise on 12 February 1947.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note: Entry transcribed by Sarah Drewery, April 2011.
Date(s) of descriptions: April 2011