Two note-books of William Barwell Turner

This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 206 MS 437
  • Dates of Creation
    • 188-
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 20 ff. + 20 ff. + 2 ff., in 1 envelope

Scope and Content

Contains (i) the text of Barwell's presidential address to the Leeds Naturalists' Club on 25 January 1881, entitled "The origin of organic life"; (ii) an undated survey of the history of systematic zoology; (iii), formerly inserted in (ii), in another hand, a satirical scientific version of Genesis, Chapter 1, n.d.

Administrative / Biographical History

William Barwell Turner was a botanist and expert on the Desmidieae. He became President of the Leeds Naturalists' Club in 1881

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Note

In English

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