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CodePX2073
Dates1833-1900
Person NameAnderson; John (1833-1900); Superintendent of Indian Museum, Calcutta
SurnameAnderson
ForenamesJohn
EpithetSuperintendent of Indian Museum, Calcutta
ActivityGraduated as MD in 1862, received the Gold Medal from the University of Edinburgh for his dissertation on Zoology and was elected a fellow of the Linnean Society the same year. In 1865 he was put in charge of the newly established Indian Museum, Calcutta. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1879. He resigned his position at the Indian Museum in 1886 and returned to Britain. He was involved with the Zoological Society of London serving on the council and acting as vice-president. He also collected plant specimens some of which are held at the NHM.
Catalogue
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DF/MIN/1/1/101Anderson, Dr John
DF/MIN/3/2/23Khetri meteorite, India
DF/ZOO/200/40/3Anderson, John
DF/ZOO/200/45/9Anderson, John
DF/ZOO/200/45/4-7Anderson, John
DF/ZOO/200/44/5Anderson, John
DF/ZOO/200/11/3-7Anderson, John
DF/ZOO/200/1/27-34Anderson John
DF/ZOO/200/24/4-7aAnderson, John
DF/ZOO/200/24/8Anderson, John
DF/ZOO/200/13/12-16Anderson, John
DF/ZOO/200/15/13-14Anderson, John
DF/ZOO/200/23/3-5Anderson, John
DF/ZOO/200/13/11Anderson, John
DF/ZOO/200/9/4-5Anderson, John
DF/ZOO/200/17/3Anderson, John
DF/ZOO/200/36/2aAnderson, John
DF/ZOO/200/46/13Anderson, John
DF/ZOO/200/20/1aAnderson, John
DF/ZOO/200/22/3-4Anderson, John
DF/ZOO/200/19/5Anderson, John
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