Lankester, Edwin Ray, Sir, 1847-1929 (zoologist and professor of zoology, University College London)
Person
Found in 17 Collections and/or Records:
Copy of a letter to Sir William Harcourt from Edwin Ray Lankester, 18 April 1882
Item
Identifier: Coll-14/9/1/13
Scope and Contents
Lankester announces his resignation from the Chair of Natural History at the University of Edinburgh, citing peculiar conditions of candidature and competition, and previously undisclosed teaching duties as reasons for not accepting the post.
Dates:
18 April 1882
Correspondence: François Antione Alfred Lacroix to Edwin Ray Lankester, 1892-1909
Sub-Series
Identifier: Coll-74/12/10
Scope and Contents
The Correspondence: François Antione Alfred Lacroix to Edwin Ray sub-series consists of:
- 21 letters, alphabetically arranged (1892-1909)
Dates:
1892-1909
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Edwin Ray Lankester, 19 October 1875
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Identifier: Coll-14/9/1/1
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Lankester invites Ewart to visit him at the museum of Exeter College, Oxford to show him carmine staining techniques on a sturgeon skull and other fish specimens. He also suggests that Ewart should visit the college in order to initiate some of the preparations of fish specimens at the Museum. He also suggests several book titles for Ewart's studies.
Dates:
19 October 1875
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Edwin Ray Lankester, 12 July 1878
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Identifier: Coll-14/9/1/6
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Lankester writes regarding the vacant post of Chair of Anatomy at the University of Aberdeen, stating his reasons why he believes William McIntosh to be a more suitable candidate for the job. Lankester also chides Ewart for attempting to influence the decision, rather than trying to improve his own standing and renown in the field.
Dates:
12 July 1878
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Edwin Ray Lankester, 28 October 1881
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Identifier: Coll-14/9/1/10
Scope and Contents
Lankester states that, following the resignation of Charles Wyville Thomson, Professor of Natural History at the University of Edinburgh, he is to prepare a book of testimonials and requests that Ewart writes in favour of him.
Dates:
28 October 1881
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Edwin Ray Lankester, 30 March 1882
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Identifier: Coll-14/9/1/11
Scope and Contents
Lankester thanks Ewart for his congratulations upon gaining the Professorship of Natural History at the University of Edinburgh. He suggests they should arrange a meeting, as 'there are schemes in the air which we must keep an eye on'.
Dates:
30 March 1882
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Edwin Ray Lankester, 18 April 1882
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Identifier: Coll-14/9/1/12
Scope and Contents
Lankester announces his resignation from the Chair of Natural History at the University of Edinburgh, and states that he will be staying at University College London. He gives the main reasons for his resignation as 'ten months are required in Edinburgh instead of three as I supposed, and that there are no laboratories nor a museum, nor likely to be for many years to come' and that the Executive Commission 'may reduce the value of the post to any extent.'
Dates:
18 April 1882
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Edwin Ray Lankester, 05 February 1907
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Identifier: Coll-14/9/13/1
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Lankester writes that he will ask Mr E. Clarke at the Natural History Museum, Edinburgh, to lend him the skull of the okapi. He asks Ewart to cut out a flat piece from the skull (to be replaced afterwards) to aid him in his examination.
Dates:
05 February 1907
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Edwin Ray Lankester, 12 February 1907
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Identifier: Coll-14/9/13/2
Scope and Contents
Lankester writes that he would like to have the Sarawak horse's skull for the British Museum, as well as some Roman horses. He asks Ewart if he would give the Swiney lectures on 'the history and palaeontology of horses' or 'horses of the past and present', as Scharff has postponed giving them until the following year. Lankester states that he believes the preorbital depression in the modern horse's skull once held a gland.
Dates:
12 February 1907
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Edwin Ray Lankester, 16 April [1907]
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Identifier: Coll-14/9/13/10
Scope and Contents
Lankester thanks Ewart for the proof of his 'horse paper' and reports that he is setting up a complete skeleton of a Przewalski's horse from Woburn. He asks Ewart to tell Mr Linton to send the Roman horse to him at the British Museum.
The year is not written on the letter.
The year is not written on the letter.
Dates:
16 April [1907]