Ritchie, James, 1882-1958 (naturalist, Keeper of the Natural History Department, Royal Scottish Museum)

Scope and Contents Autograph letter signed from James Ritchie, Professor of Natural History and keeper of the Natural History Department, University of Edinburgh, to the Secretary of the Royal Society of Arts. Paper headed: "The Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh". Dated 11 March 1925.In the letter, Ritchie wonders whether "some Fellows" might be interested to "hear an account of "Methods of Controlling mussels & other Marine growths in Sea-Pipes"". He explains: "The blocking of pipes by mussel...

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Includes letters and reports, covering subjects such as courses, students, research grants and appointments. Those present at meetings included Edward Percy Stebbing, James Ritchie, James Kendall, Charles Glover Barkla, Sir William Wright Smith and Sir Edmund Taylor Whitaker.

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Includes letters and reports, covering subjects such as courses, students, research grants and appointments. Those present at meetings included Ronald Nathan Arnold, Michael Meredith Swann, James Ritchie, Edward Percy Stebbing, James Kendall and Sir William Wright Smith.

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Ritchie provides details about a paper he has seen in Nature concerning the moulting of the Hoatzin bird from down into feathers. He wonders whether Ewart should try to obtain a loan of the specimens or a sample of the down for examination.

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Ritchie wonders if Ewart's research on plumage could be furthered by examining the succession of plumage in, for instance, a diving duck such as the Eider, as it is near enough to the mallard to promise results but not near enough to suggest identity of development. He then requests a copy of Ewart's portrait to hang in his office at Aberdeen University 'to commemorate your holding of the Aberdeen Chair'.

Scope and Contents Recto: photograph of B.M. Slizynski, Helen Slizynska, Dr Kaufman, Dr Grjewski, Dr Blyth outside the Institute of Animal Genetics building; photograph of Dr P.E Lake looking down a microscope and Miss Ishbel Paterson holding a cockerel. Verso: photograph of Alan Greenwood with James Ritchie and R.C Fisher at a desk, taken at a meeting of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (picture credited to Edinburgh Evening News); photograph of Alan Greenwood seated on a...

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The newspaper cutting is under the headline 'He Wins Neill Prize' about Robert Osborne of the Poultry Research Centre being awarded the Neill Prize by James Ritchie for his contributions to the knowledge of the domestic fowl (Edinburgh Evening News, December 1956). The photograph shows Miss Peace, Dr Blyth, Alan Totty and Miss Wilson sitting on a bench between two plants (picture signed 'M.L 1954').