IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0117 MS 811
Held at: Royal Society
Title: Wayland, Edward James (1888–1966)
Date(s): 1932
Level of description: sub-fonds
Extent: Unknown
Name of creator(s): Wayland | Edward James | 1888–1966 | geologist and prehistorian
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Born, 1888; educated at the Central Foundation School, City of London College, Royal College of Science; travelled to Egypt, making a geological study of an area near Aswan, 1909; conducted geographical reconnaissance in Portuguese East Africa for Memba Minerals Limited, 1911; assistant mineral surveyor in the Ceylon government service, 1912; war service, 1916; director of the geological survey, Uganda; retired 1939 and returned to England; war service, 1940; director of geological survey of Bechuanaland, 1948-1952; died, 1966.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
'The age of the Oldway human skeleton' by E J Waylan, report of 25 pages and 2 blueprints with file of correspondence, 2 September 1932.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
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Conditions governing access:
Open
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No publication without written permission. Apply to Archivist in the first instance.
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ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
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Archival history:
Formerly belonging to Professor Boswell FRS.
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Copied from the Royal Society catalogue by Sarah Drewery.
Rules or conventions: General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997.
Date(s) of descriptions: Feb 2009.