IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0117 MS/132
Held at: Royal Society
Title: Hudson, Charles Thomas (1828-1903): drawings of the Rotifera
Date(s): [1869-1903]
Level of description: sub-fonds
Extent: 31 folios
Name of creator(s): Hudson | Charles Thomas | 1828-1903 | naturalist
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Administrative/Biographical history:
Born, 1828; educated at Kensington grammar school and The Grange, Sunderland; earnt his living by teaching, first at Glasgow and than at the Royal Institution, Liverpool; attended St John's College, Cambridge, 1848-1852; second master of Bristol grammar school, 1852; headmaster, 1855; resigned his post at Bristol grammar school, 1860; opened a private school at Manilla Hall, Clifton, 1861-1881; devoted his leisure to microscopical research, in particular the study of the Rotifera; fellow of the Royal Microscopical Society, 1872; president of the Royal Microscopical Society, 1888-1890; Fellow of the Royal Society, 1889; died, 1903.
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Original Drawings of the Rotifera by Charles Thomas Hudson.
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Language/scripts of material: English
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Open
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No publication without written permission. Apply to Archivist in the first instance.
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Drawings mounted on thin board.
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Copied from the Royal Society catalogue by Sarah Drewery.
Date(s) of descriptions: Feb 2009.