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Turner, Sir William, 1832-1916 (anatomist, professor of anatomy and principal, University of Edinburgh)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1832-1916

Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:

Copy of a letter to Sir William [Turner] from James Cossar Ewart, 10 May 1912

 Item
Identifier: Coll-14/9/18/28
Scope and Contents Ewart asks Turner whether the University Court would consider appointing a committee to investigate the question of providing facilities for animal breeding experiments along the lines of the work being carried out by Darbishire. He provides annual costings for the experiments at Fairslacks, and mentions that the Farm Committee of the East of Scotland College of Agriculture has asked Ewart on what terms he should be prepared to hand over the farm to them for a year.
Dates: 10 May 1912

Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie: Sir William Turner to CB Wedd, 1869-1914

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Coll-74/13/10
Scope and Contents The Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie: Sir William Turner to CB Wedd sub-series includes letters from:
  1. Sir William Turner
  2. Alfred Tylor
  3. George Charles Wallich
  4. James Clifton Ward
  5. William Whitehead Watts
Dates: 1869-1914

Family photographs, 1850s-1970s

 Series
Identifier: Coll-1937/5
Scope and Contents This series contains approximately 60 black-and-white family photographs, dating from the 1850s up to the 1950s. The provenance is not clear and the pictures have no caption, however many of them appear to be related to Arthur Patrick Logan Turner (1914-1998), one of William Aldren Turner's sons, and to Hilda Turner.Approximaltely 40 photographs date from the Second World War, and show service men in uniform and ATS members, as well as some landscapes. Arthur P. L. Turner served in the...
Dates: 1850s-1970s

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Frank Wyville Thomson, 12 August 1905

 Item
Identifier: Coll-14/9/11/23
Scope and Contents Thomson announces his intention to retire from the Indian Medical Service and to seek employment in the new Department of Tropical Medicine in the University of Edinburgh. He goes on to describe his work experience in tropical medicine and states that he has spoken to Sir William Turner and Sir Thomas Fraser regarding a possible position within the University.
Dates: 12 August 1905

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry Fairfield Osborn, 23 November 1904

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/10/119
Scope and Contents Osborn requests some lantern slides to be made up for him from Ewart's negatives. He recommends that Ewart asks Sir William Turner to write to the Secretary of the Carnegie Institution to confirm that Carnegie has approved of their trip to Mexico.
Dates: 23 November 1904

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Sir William Turner, 22 June 1877

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/1/3
Scope and Contents Turner expresses regret that Ewart was not elected to the Chair of Anatomy at University College London.
Dates: 22 June 1877

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Sir William Turner, 03 October 1877

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/1/4
Scope and Contents Turner offers Ewart the post of Senior Demonstrator of Anatomy at the University of Edinburgh, in the event of Daniel John Cunningham being offered the post of Chair of Anatomy at Galway.
Dates: 03 October 1877

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Sir William Turner, 20 October 1877

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/1/5
Scope and Contents Turner urges Ewart to respond regarding the offer of a Senior Demonstrator of Anatomy at the University of Edinburgh, and offers details of what the post would entail, stressing the importance of the demonstration duties and of dissection room management.
Dates: 20 October 1877

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Sir William Turner, 27 December 1915

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/21/28
Scope and Contents Turner grieves to hear of the death of Darbishire, who he describes as 'a man of scientific worth and promise'. He is concerned to hear of the appearance of cerebro-spinal fever in a military camp.
Dates: 27 December 1915

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Sir William Turner, 14 December [1910]

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/16/46
Scope and Contents Turner thanks Ewart for sending him the cutting from The Field and describes the bones he has acquired from various whales.

The year is not written on the letter.
Dates: 14 December [1910]