Record

CodePX232
Dates1898-1992
Person NameBurton; Maurice (1898-1992); Zoologist
SurnameBurton
ForenamesMaurice
EpithetZoologist
ActivityMuseum staff: Appointed Assistant in Department of Zoology 1926 in charge of sponges; assistant keeper 1934; Deputy Keeper of Zoology 1949; retired 1958. Biology master Latymer Foundation Hammersmith 1924-27.
Contributed regular features on natural history to the Illustrated London News and Daily Telegraph.
SourceObituaries in The Times, 1 October 1992 and The Independent, 23 September 1992.
Catalogue
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DF/ADM/1005/17Burton, Maurice 
RS/1/3Correspondence of Maurice Burton 
DF/ZOO/208/104Staff file: Burton, Maurice 
DF/ZOO/230/73/10Burton, Dr. Maurice 
DF/ZOO/260/2Burton, Maurice: general correspondence 
DF/ZOO/263/3Original drawings for M Burton's Revision of the Classification of the Calcareous Sponges, 48-120 
RS/1/5Correspondence of Maurice Burton 
DF/ZOO/260/1Burton, Maurice: sponge correspondence 
RS/1/4Correspondence of Maurice Burton 
DF/ZOO/263/7Original drawings intended for M Burton's Revision of the Classification of the Calcareous Sponges, but mostly unpublished 
DF/ZOO/208/48Staff file: Burton, Maurice 
DF/ZOO/266/1/9Burton, Maurice: Wooden printing blocks to illustrate article The 'Rosaura' Expedition: Sponges in Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. His.) Zoo. 2 (6) 
DF/ZOO/263/2Original drawings for M Burton's Revision of the Classification of the Calcareous Sponges, text figures 1-47 and 121-175 
DF/ZOO/200/120/38Burton, M. 
DF/ZOO/263/5Original drawings for M Burton's Revision of the Classification of the Calcareous Sponges, text figures 212-273 
DF/ZOO/213/113/32Burton, M: report on Porifera (Volume X/5)  
DF/ZOO/263/4Original drawings for M Burton's Revision of the Classification of the Calcareous Sponges, text figures 178-211 
DF/ZOO/213/37Hall, H W, Manihine cruises: cruises in the English Channel, including reports by M Burton, J P Harding and N B Marshall 
DF/PH/7/8/1/5Burton, Maurice - with a stuffed dog and a school group 
DF/ZOO/263Sponge Section Photographs and Artwork for Publication 
DF/ZOO/211/39Burton, M: A revision of the classification of the calcareous sponges, with a catalogue of sponges (1963) 
DF/ZOO/232/12/6/1Hayman, Robert William: Correspondence, 1960, A-B 
DF/PH/2/6/7/3Staff Group Photograph: Zoology Department 
DF/ZOO/263/6Original drawings for M Burton's Revision of the Classification of the Calcareous Sponges, text figures 289-373 
DF/PH/2/6/7/2Staff Group Photograph: Zoology Department 
DF/ZOO/260Sponge Section Correspondence and papers 
DF/ZOO/252/16/1Colman, John Stacey: MV Rosaura Expedition, 1937-1938 
DF/ZOO/232/12/11/1Hayman, Robert William: Correspondence, 1965, A-C  
DF/ZOO/232/12/12/2Hayman, Robert William: Correspondence, 1966 and 1967, B 
DF/ZOO/232/12/5/16Hayman, Robert William: Correspondence, 1959, A-B 
DF/ZOO/232/12/10/3Hayman, Robert William: Correspondence, 1964, B 
DF/ZOO/232/12/9/2Hayman, Robert William: Correspondence, 1963, B 
DF/ZOO/232/12/7/2Hayman, Robert William: Correspondence, 1961, B 
RS/1/6Correspondence of Maurice Burton 
RS/1/7Correspondence of Maurice Burton 
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