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Natural History Notebooks of Arthur R Thompson

Catalogue reference: L MSS THO

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Reference: L MSS THO
Title: Natural History Notebooks of Arthur R Thompson
Date: 1908-1939
Description: The notebooks which make up the collection appear to be summaries and digests based on original notes which have not been preserved.
Held by: Natural History Museum Library and Archives
Language: English
Creator(s): <persname>Thompson, Arthur Robert, 1890-1939, Tax Inspector, Naturalist</persname>
Physical description: 17 volumes
Immediate source of acquisition: The collection was presented by Mr E P Thompson, 1985.
Administrative / biographical background: Arthur Robert Thompson (1890-1939) was born in India and educated in Walthamstow. He worked in business in the City of London, and served in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve during World War I. After the war he became an Inspector of Taxes for the Inland Revenue. Throughout his life, Thompson was an keen observer of the animals and plants of the English countryside. He lived in Essex, Hertfordshire and Surrey, and filled a series of notebooks with his detailed observations at all thes localities. He was a skilled photographer, and illustrated his two best known books, Nature by Night and Nature by Day, himself.
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