Stories
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The secret lives of Britain’s first Black physicians
Dr Annabel Sowemimo explores the web of connections between early Black British doctors, the role of empire in West Africa and the pernicious reach of scientific racism.
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The birth of the public museum
The first public museums evolved from wealthy collectors’ cabinets of curiosities and were quickly recognised as useful vehicles for culture.
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Beating the bodysnatchers
When a rise in grave robbing called for strong measures, mortsafes became the unassailable solution. Allison C. Meier explores.
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How online dating can make us lonely
The packed diary of an internet dater doesn’t necessarily denote fun, companionship and love. Find out what Christina Patterson learned on her internet-dating odyssey.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Geological Survey of Great Britain
Date: 1929-1931Reference: PP/AEM/B.1-6Part of: Mourant, Arthur Ernest (1904-1994)- Archives and manuscripts
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Geologist, Geological Survey of Great Britain
Date: Apr 1929-Apr 1931Reference: PP/AEM/A.110Part of: Mourant, Arthur Ernest (1904-1994)- Journals
Bulletin of the Geological Survey of Great Britain.
- Books
Figures and descriptions of the palaeozoic fossils of Cornwall, Devon, and West Somerset, observed in the course of the Ordnance Geological Survey. Of that district / By John Phillips. Pub. by order of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury.
Phillips, John, 1800-1874.Date: 1841- Archives and manuscripts
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Exchange with J.S. Flett, Director of the Survey, re Mourant's resignation
Date: Jan 1931Reference: PP/AEM/B.6Part of: Mourant, Arthur Ernest (1904-1994)