Wright, Thomas (1809-1884)

  • Wright, Dr Thomas, (1809-1884)
Date:
1854-1857
Reference:
MS.8007/67
Part of:
Miscellany: British, mainly 19th-20th centuries
  • Archives and manuscripts

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Description

Two letters from Thomas Wright, Cheltenham, to Monsieur Terguem, concerning fossil specimens and papers on echinoderms (one letter written in French from Wright's dictation, with a note in English on the back in Wright's own hand).

Publication/Creation

1854-1857

Physical description

2 letters

Acquisition note

Purchased from Desgranges, Paris, October 1930.

Biographical note

Physician, geologist and palaeontologist. Published many papers, was awarded the Wollaston medal by the Geological Society of London in 1878, and elected F.R.S. in 1879.

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Accession number

  • 63459