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Ref NoDF/ENT/304
Alt Ref NoDF304
TitleEntomology Early Sectional Correspondence
DescriptionThis series consists of letters written to various members of the Entomology Department, with carbon copies of their replies. The chief recipients represented are Robert Bernard Benson and John Frederick Perkins of the Hymenoptera Section, Alfred George Gabriel of Lepidoptera, and Hugh Scott of Coleoptera.
Date1880-1965
AccessStatusOpen
Held ByNHM Archives
Extent32
LevelSeries
AdminHistoryThe series is an artificial one, having been assembled by the Librarian about 1975 from various parts of the Department. It included correspondence of a number of unofficial workers and donors to the collections, including T Bainbrigge-Fletcher, Donisthorpe, H T Stainton and Lord Walsingham, until these were returned to the Entomology Library in 1993.

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CodePersonNameDates
PX7961Stainton; Henry Tibbats (1822-1892); Entomologist1822-1892
PX54Grey; Thomas De (1843-1919); 6th Baron Walsingham; Zoologist1843-1919
PX537Scott; Hugh (1885-1960); Principal Scientific Officer in Department of Entomology1885-1960
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