Grant Lists
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0103 MS ADD 59 |
Held at | : University College London Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.ucl.ac.uk/Library/special-coll › |
Full 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 |
Detailed catalogue | : Click here to view repository detailed catalogue |
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 & 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.
Finding aids:
Collection level description.
Archival Information
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
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).
National Register of Archives: Click here to view NRA record
Publication note:
Description Notes
Archivist's note:
Source: National Register of Archives.
Rules or conventions:
Date(s) of descriptions:
1999, revised Aug 2001
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