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Haddon, Alfred Cort, 1855-1940 (anthropologist)

 Person

Biography

Alfred Cort Haddon (1855-1940), anthropologist, was born in London on 24 May 1855. He attended various schools in London including the City of London School in 1866 and Mill Hill School in 1867-8. After attending evening classes at King's College, London, he taught zoology and geology at a girls' school in Dover, and in 1875 Haddon entered Christ's College, Cambridge. In 1878 he obtained a first class in the natural sciences tripos (comparative anatomy), and in 1879 he was given a grant by the university to work for six months at the zoological station at Naples, and on his return from Naples he was appointed curator of the Zoological Museum at Cambridge and a university demonstrator in zoology. Haddon was appointed professor of zoology at the Royal College of Science, Dublin, where he also served as assistant naturalist to the Science and Art Museum in 1880. In 1888-9, with the aid of grants from the Royal Irish Academy and the Darwin fund of the Royal Society, he went to the Torres Strait to study the marine biology of coral reefs. Haddon began lecturing in physical anthropology at Cambridge (1894-8), where he was awarded a DSc degree in 1897. The following year he organized and led the famous Cambridge anthropological expedition of 1898-9 to the Torres Strait and New Guinea. In 1900, on the strength of the scientific results of the expedition, he was appointed university lecturer in ethnology at Cambridge, and in 1901 election into a fellowship at Christ's College permitted him to resign his Dublin chair. In 1910 Haddon completed his History of Anthropology and the following year published The Wanderings of Peoples. He died at his home, 3 Cranmer Road, Cambridge, on 20 April 1940.

Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:

 Fonds

Alfred Cort Haddon: Letter to James Anderson, 1919

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4251/606
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Artificial collection of single item or small collection accessions. Mainly correspondence but includes other papers.

Dates: 1919
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).
 Series

Correspondence from J.S. Stuart-Glennie to Professor [Alfred C.] Haddon, 17 May 1894-4 July 1894

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8781/484-486
Dates: 17 May 1894-4 July 1894
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).
 Series

Letter from John M. Brown (1846-1935) to A.C. Haddon, 25 Dec. 1905

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8781/63
Scope and Contents

Manners and customs of the Polynesians

Dates: 25 Dec. 1905
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).
 Series

Letter from L.F. Taylor to Alfred C. Haddon, 16 Apr. 1927

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8781/492
Scope and Contents

He encloses an Ethnological Questionnaire [Ethnographical and Linguistic Survey of Burma]; closure of the survey is postponed; 200 volunteers will conduct inquiries into local customs and beliefs; the Governors of University College Rangoon will not consider his work; he hopes to be put in charge of the Burma Museum

Dates: 16 Apr. 1927
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).
 Fonds

Miles Crawford Burkitt: Correspondence and Papers

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7959
Scope and Contents

The collection comprises postcards, notebooks, archaeological notes, correspondence, articles and cuttings.

Dates: 1900-1970 (circa)
Conditions Governing Access: 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).
 File

Minute Book, 1898 - 1911

 File
Reference Code: GBR/3242/MMS/MGV/MGM/001
 File

Minute Book - House Subcommittee, 1910 - 1924

 File
Reference Code: GBR/3243/HOM/GOV/CTT/EST/MST/003
Scope and Contents

This volume contains details of meetings of the House Subcommittee of Homerton College between 12 December 1910 and 16 June 1924, including discussions on building maintenance and improvements at Homerton and New Street School and lockers and cupboards made from American oak for the "new building" at the cost of £227.3s.6d (22 August 1914).

Dates: 1910 - 1924
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Access to some of these records are restricted under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) 2018, as they contain personal and / or medical data about living individuals. Some of the records in this collection are CLOSED.
Please see individual descriptions for further details or contact the College archivist at archives@homerton.cam.ac.uk.
 File

Minute Book - Sanatorium Committee, 1912 - 1913

 File
Reference Code: GBR/3243/HOM/GOV/CTT/EST/MST/002
Scope and Contents

This volume contains minutes of the sanatorium committee between 22 January 1912 and 5 February 1913; details include discussion of a "sanatorium to be built on the college grounds" and minutes written by Alfred Cort Haddon.

Dates: 1912 - 1913
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Access to some of these records are restricted under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) 2018, as they contain personal and / or medical data about living individuals. Some of the records in this collection are CLOSED.
Please see individual descriptions for further details or contact the College archivist at archives@homerton.cam.ac.uk.
 File

Principal's Reports and Letters Book, 1903 - 1933

 File
Reference Code: GBR/3243/HOM/GOV/PRP/PAL/CAL/001
Scope and Contents

This volume contains draft and copies of correspondence sent by College Principal, Mary Allan and includes details of the application for places to the Egyptian Board of Education in 1908 (p. 281); Dr Haddon lectured on New Guinea and a decision on the admission of Egyptian students in 1909 (p. 287); the appointment of Miss Mary Holmes (p. 291); two Egyptian students in residence and Miss Holmes has taken up her duties (p. 301); and one junior "private student" in 1912 (p. 330).

Dates: 1903 - 1933
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Access to some of these records are restricted under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) 2018, as they contain personal and / or medical data about living individuals. Some of the records in this collection are CLOSED.
Please see individual descriptions for further details or contact the College archivist at archives@homerton.cam.ac.uk.
 Series

'Standards of Spelling', 1932-1950 (Circa)

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8780/15
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence, notes on miscellaneous topics and off-prints

Dates: 1932-1950 (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).

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