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Birch, Samuel, 1813-1885 (egyptologist)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1813 - 1885

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

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Samuel Birch (1813-85), Egyptologist; at British Museum from 1836, Keeper of Oriental Antiquities 1866-85, 22 Jan. 1840-15 May 1877 (Circa)

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9389/2/B/44-151
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 Jan. 1840-15 May 1877 (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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Samuel Birch (1813-85), Egyptologist; at British Museum from 1836, Keeper of Oriental Antiquities 1866-85, 28 Mar. 1878

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9389/5/B/1
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: 28 Mar. 1878
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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To Edwin Guest from Samuel Birch, British Museum, London., 10 Dec. 1874

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7473/29
Scope and Contents

Answering Guest's Egyptological queries.

Dates: 10 Dec. 1874
Conditions Governing Access: From the Series: 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).