IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0114 MS0144
Held at: Royal College of Surgeons of England
Title: Waldheim, Gotthelf Fischer von (1771-1853)
Date(s): c 1795 - early 19th century
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 1 volume
Name of creator(s): Unknown
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Gotthelf Fischer von Waldheim was born in Waldheim, Germany, in 1771. He was educated at the University of Leipzig, graduating as Doctor of Medicine in 1798. He was Professor of Natural History, and Librarian at the Central School Mayence from 1799-1803. From 1803 he was Professor and Director of the Museum of Natural History, Moscow, Russia, and was the founder of the Society of Naturalists Moscow in 1808. He died in 1853.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers relating to Gotthelf Fischer von Waldheim, c 1795 - early 19th century, comprising a volume titled Experiments on the Swimming Bladder of Fishes. Translation from the German of Gotthelf Fischer, containing an English trranslation of Versuch uber die Schwimmblase der Fische (Leipzig 1795) by Gotthelf Fischer von Waldheim. The translator is not known.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
As outlined in Scope and Content.
Conditions governing access:
By written appointment only.
Conditions governing reproduction:
No photocopying permitted.
Finding aids:
Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Library of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (1928) by Victor G Plarr.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Accruals:
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
The provenance of this material is not known.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Existence and location of originals:
A copy of the publication from which the translation was made, is held at the Library of the Natural History Museum, London. In addition, a later edition is held at the British Library.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note: Compiled by Anya Turner.
Source: World Who's Who in Science: From Antiquity to the Present (1968).
Date(s) of descriptions: Sep 2008