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British Museum (Natural History): Department of Palaeontology: Fossil Echinodermata...
Catalogue reference: DF 123
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This record is about the British Museum (Natural History): Department of Palaeontology: Fossil Echinodermata... dating from c.1825-1955.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- DF 123
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Title (The name of the record)
- British Museum (Natural History): Department of Palaeontology: Fossil Echinodermata Section: correspondence and papers
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Date (When the record was created)
- c.1825-1955
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists largely of the scientific papers of Francis Arthur Bather (1863-1934).
Series held at The Natural History Museum are catalogued more fully in its online catalogue (reference DF PAL/123). Online descriptions of some individual records can also be viewed on Discovery, see DF 123.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Bather's papers were arranged in zoological order by L Bairstow in 1937, who allocated complex reference numbers to each item. This scheme has been largely retained, with some amalgamation of small items.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The Natural History Museum Archives, London
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Bather, Francis Arthur, 1863-1934
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 74 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Museums and galleries
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
- The series was transferred to the archives in 1992.
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Francis Arthur Bather was educated at Winchester and Oxford, and joined the Museum in 1887 as an Assistant in the Department of Geology. Although he studied a number of invertebrate groups in his early years at the Museum, it was the echinoderms, and particularly the crinoids, that took up most of his time. Bather became Assistant Keeper in 1902 on the promotion of Smith Woodward, and succeeded him as Keeper in 1924, retiring from the Museum in 1928. Bather had wide interests in natural history, taxonomy, literature and museum studies. He travelled widely, and was a regular visitor to Sweden.
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Obituary notices of the Royal Societ, Lang, W D, 1934, 3: 303-314.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15418/
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British Museum (Natural History): Department of Palaeontology: Fossil Echinodermata Section: correspondence and papers