Haliburton, James, 1788-1862 (Egyptologist)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1788 - 1862
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
File
Draft paper on gigantic birds' nests found by Haliburton near Red Sea opposite Mount Sinai (2 versions), 1821-1823 (Circa)
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9389/3/27-28
Scope and Contents
Paper given at BAAS meeting, Cambridge, 1845, reported in 'The Athenaeum', 28 June 1845, pp. 643-4
Dates:
1821-1823 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Item
James Haliburton (previously Burton) (1788-1862), Egyptologist, 22 Mar. 1829-17 July 1857
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9389/2/H/5-21
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection comprises mostly Joseph Bonomi's correspondence and papers, with some of his brother Ignatius Bonomi and other members of his family, especially his sister-in-law Isabella Mary Martin. The non-family correspondence includes letters with Samuel Birch, Egyptologist at the British Museum, George Spencer Cautley, rector and poet, Charles Robert Cockerell, architect, John Gibson, sculptor, James Haliburton, Egyptologist, Robert Hay, Egyptologist, Owen Jones, architect, Edward Lane,...
Dates:
22 Mar. 1829-17 July 1857
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).