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TitleLetter from William Boyd DAWKINS and William Ayshford SANFORD
Date17 Jun 1865
LevelItem
Extent1 letter
FormatDocument
DescriptionSecretary's In Letters: from William Boyd DAWKINS, Bexley Road, Belvedere, and William Ayshford SANFORD, Nynehead Court, Somerset, 17 Jun 1865. Re: Requests access to the organic remains recovered from Brixham Cave as they are working on a paper on British Pleistocene Mammals for the Palaeontographical Society, keen to construct the skeleton of Felis spelea.
Administrative HistoryThe Geological Society set up a committee to excavate Brixham Cave in 1858.
Access ConditionsAccess is by appointment only, Please contact the Archivist for further information.
LanguageEnglish
ArchNoteDescription by Caroline Lam
CreatorNameSANFORD | William Ayshford | 1818-1902 | landowner, naturalist and politician
DAWKINS | Sir | William Boyd | 1837-1929 | geologist and palaeontologist
SubjectCave deposits
Persons
CodePersonNameDates
DS/UK/488DAWKINS; Sir; William Boyd (1837-1929); geologist and palaeontologist1837-1929
DS/UK/2335SANFORD; William Ayshford (1818-1902); landowner, naturalist and politician1818-1902
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