IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 1446 MS 37
Held at: Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland
Title: BLUMENBACH, Johann Friedrich (1752-1840)
Date(s): 1792
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 1 item
Name of creator(s): Blumenbach | Johann Friedrich | 1752-1840 | German doctor and anthropologist
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Born, 1752; educated, University of Jena and the University of Gottingen; his MD thesis 'De generis humani varietate nativa' (On the Natural Varieties of Mankind), 1776, is considered influential in the development of subsequent concepts of 'human races'; Extraordinary Professor of Medicine in Göttingen, 1776; Ordinary Professor, 1778; died, 1840.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Manuscript transcript of an address entitled 'Blumenbach on Egyptian mummies: Original MS' and subtitled 'XIV observations on some Egyptian mummies opened in London, by John Frederick Blumenbach, MD FRS, addressed to Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. PRS, read April 10 1792'. Three hand drawn illustrations are pasted to p 25.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Single item
Conditions governing access:
Appointments are necessary for all visits; please contact the archivist by email to arrange; a fee of £10 is payable by all visitors except Fellows and Members; membership details can be found on the RAI web site; access to material referring to the most recent thirty years is restricted; some material is very fragile and may not be available for view; a few items are of restricted or forbidden access.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Photocopies and scans for personal research only may be arranged at the discretion of the archivist; charges apply; in all cases forms governing use of copies must be signed; use of digital cameras is not allowed.
Physical characteristics:
Dark brown leather boards; lettered in gold on upper cover.
Finding aids:
Collection level description available in the Institute's reading room.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Accruals:
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Presented by J Bendyshe Esq. MA to the Library of the Anthropological Society of London.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note: Entry compiled by Sarah Drewery.
Date(s) of descriptions: May 2008