Buckland, Francis Trevelyan (1826-1880)

29 autograph letters by Francis Buckland, numbered 1-29. 5 Autographed letters sent to Francis Buckland, numbered 30-35. One pencil written note by Francis Buckland, numbered 36; two postal addresses of correspondents, numbered 37-38; one name tag, numbered 39; and one magazine article page, numbered 41. Correspondents include: Sir Richard Owen (1804-1892), naturalist (no.1), ; Ponsonby, Sir Henry Frederick (1825-1895), courtier (no.4, 6, 22); Tuckwell, William (1829-1919), schoolmaster, author, and self-styled radical parson, (no. 13).

Francis Trevelyan Buckland (1826-1880), pisciculturist and naturalist, son of William Buckland (1784-1856), born and educated at Christ Church, Oxford, obtained BA he turned to medicine, studying at St George's Hospital, London, from 1848 to 1851, and then as house surgeon from 1852 to 1853. In 1854 he became assistant surgeon in the 2nd Life Guards, with whom he remained until 1863. During his time in London he took every opportunity to examine curious specimens that he detailed in his Curiosities of Natural History , begun in 1858. In 1856 he joined the Field newspaper before starting his own journal, Land and Water in 1865. It was at this juncture that he began to concentrate exclusively to matters concerning fish and fishing, resulting in 1867 to him becoming an inspector of salmon fisheries. He was also appointed in 1865 as the scientific referee to the South Kensington Museum. Here he gave a number of lectures on fish, hatching apparatus and other implements regarding fishing.