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:
- Sir William Turner
- Alfred Tylor
- George Charles Wallich
- James Clifton Ward
- 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
Item
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, 14 December [1910]
Item
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.
The year is not written on the letter.
Dates:
14 December [1910]
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Sir William Turner, 20 March 1911
Item
Identifier: Coll-14/9/17/12
Scope and Contents
Turner writes that the Committee will recommend that the Court approves the appointment of a Lecturer and an Assistant in Genetics.
Dates:
20 March 1911
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Sir William Turner, 22 December [1915]
Item
Identifier: Coll-14/9/21/24
Scope and Contents
Turner thanks Ewart for his monograph on the development of the horse, and hopes that he has the material to continue to trace this development through further stages.
The year is not written on the letter.
The year is not written on the letter.
Dates:
22 December [1915]
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Sir William Turner, 27 December 1915
Item
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, 22 June 1877
Item
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