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Appointment to Office

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
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Irvine, Robert (Bacteriology Chair), 1913-1914

 File — Box Secretary's box file: Bequests 4
Identifier: EUA IN1/ADS/SEC/A/2/54
Scope and Contents

Irvine, Robert (Bacteriology Chair)

Dates: 1913-1914
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Records of the University of Edinburgh / Administration and Support Services / University Secretary / File Series 'A' / Bequests

Letter from Home Office to Ewart intimating his appointment as Professor of Natural History, University of Aberdeen, 06 December 1878

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Identifier: Coll-14/2/8
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Contains certificates from Ewart's time as a medical student at the University of Edinburgh, letters of appointment to the professorships at the Universities of Aberdeen and Edinburgh and certificates of membership/fellowship to various societies, including the Royal Society.

Dates: 06 December 1878
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Certificates, Diplomas, Letters of Appointment

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Charles Edward Fagan, 05 March 1907

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/13/5
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Fagan informs Ewart that the Trustees of the British Museum have appointed Ewart Lecturer on the Swiney Foundation for that year and approve his subject 'Horses of the Past and Present'. He asks Ewart for information on when he will come to London and for him to submit a syllabus.

Dates: 05 March 1907
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1907

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
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1875-1887

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from James N. Forsyth, 01 January 1905

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/11/1
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Forsyth confirms that his colleagues have agreed to the purchase of four of Ewart's ponies and the stud farm subject to certain conditions. Forsyth recommends that Ewart contact John Ritchie to engage him under terms recommended by Lord Arthur Cecil.

Dates: 01 January 1905
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1905

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Richard Quain, 16 December 1878

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/1/8
Scope and Contents

Quain congratulates Ewart on the news of his professorship at the University of Edinburgh. He offers Ewart advice on the 'art' of delivering a lecture, stressing the importance of elocution and the use of language.

Dates: 16 December 1878
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1875-1887

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Sir Clement Lloyd Hill, 30 July 1903

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/9/80
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Hill wonders if Ewart will be able to arrange to send the horses out (to Africa) in early September and who should be sent along to accompany them. He refers Ewart to the recent appointment of a bacteriologist to the medical staff of the Foreign Office in East Africa who would be well placed to study 'the [Tsetse] fly question.'

Dates: 30 July 1903
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1903

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Sir Edward Albert Sharpey Schafer, 28 March 1915

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/21/7
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Schafer writes that they ought to come to a decision about the directorship as soon as possible, and that Ewart was to have written a proposed scheme. He emphasises that the Committee would push for a full time director and doubts if the University would relieve Ewart of his duties sufficiently to allow him to take over the directorship.

Dates: 28 March 1915
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1915

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Sir William Turner, 20 March 1911

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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
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1911

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Walter Heape, 17 October 1910

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/16/21
Scope and Contents

Heape writes that it is very difficult to get money, but that Ewart should apply to wealthy breeders. He expresses his approval of Darbishire as the new Lecturer in Genetics.

Dates: 17 October 1910
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1910

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