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Carpenter, William Benjamin, 1813-1885 (English physician, invertebrate zoologist and physiologist)

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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Autograph Letter Signed to William Pulteney Alison from William Benjamin Carpenter, 8 November 1837

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Identifier: Coll-1848/25-0059/1
Scope and Contents Autograph Letter Signed from William B. Carpenter to Professor William Alison of Edinburgh University, addressing amongst other things an accusation of plagiarism laid against him by fellow-student John Hughes Bennett. Bristol, 8 November 1837.Carpenter begins by apologising to Alison for asking his opinion "on a subject on which I am anxious to obtain the best information I can from those most qualified to judge". The question Carpenter asks is: "Do you think that there is any...
Dates: 8 November 1837
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Smaller acquisitions collection

Student Records, 1839

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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/C2/3
Scope and Contents

Records of chemistry students with index. Students include Philip Whiteside Maclagan, Robert Harkness and William Benjamin Carpenter.

Dates: 1839
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Records of the University of Edinburgh / Academic Units: Departments etc. / Department of Chemistry / Class Lists