 More information on E.T. Browne
Correspondence of Edward Thomas Browne
E. T. Browne (1866-1937) was an authority on Medusae and hydroids. A visiting worker of independent means, he gave substantial financial support to the Association and was a Governor. His letters are listed in detail in the Archives Catalogue because of their intrinsic value and scientific interest.
1892-1937 Letters to E. T. Browne. [PBR1]
- Catalogue of letters filed, 1892-1903.
1903 42 sheets [PBR1.3]
Summary: Alphabetical lists (1892-1896), (1897-1898), (1899), (1900), (1901), (1902), (1903).
- Sequence files of letters.
1892-1921 Letters in 2 files [PBR27]
Summary: Letters to and from 130 correspondents, mainly on Medusae, but also on research activities, expeditions, meetings, publications, photography, mutual acquaintances and social matters.
AGASSIZ, ALEXANDER
Letter to E. T. Browne.
1901 1 letter [PBR28]
Summary: From a London hotel. On Medusae.
ANNANDALE, NELSON
Letters to E. T .Browne.
1903 and 1907 2 letters [PBR29]
Summary: From Indian Museum, and Edinburgh. On Medusae.
ASHWORTH, J.H.
Letters to E. T. Browne.
1901-1915 12 letters [PBR30]
Summary: From University of Edinburgh. Mainly on Medusae. Copies of 3 letters from Browne.
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BEAUMONT, WALTER IBBOTSON
Letters to E. T. Browne.
1892-1905 36 letters [PBR2]
Note: Marine invertebrate zoologist, and ornithologist. Visiting worker at Port Erin. Valencia and Plymouth (from 1895). Died 1912.
Summary: Letters are mainly from Plymouth, but also from Galway, Knutsford. Port Erin, Naples and Switzerland. Scientific and personal comments, including observations on MBA activities, and on mutual acquaintances.
BEDOT, MAURICE
Letters to E. T. Browne.
1903-1917 8 letters and 1 postcard [PBR31]
Summary: From Natural History Museum, Geneva. In French. On Medusae. Copies of 3 letters from Browne.
BIDDER, GEORGE PARKER (1863-1953)
Letters to E. T. Browne.
1925 3 letters [PBR3]
Summary: Letters from Cambridge mentioning colliery shares, Linnean Society subscription arrangements, Company of Biologists shares, and scientific matters.
BIGELOW, HENRY BRYANT
Correspondence with E. T. Browne.
1904-1914 16 letters [PBR4]
Note: The first director of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Died 1967.
Summary: 12 letters, mainly from Cambridge, Massachusetts, concerning Medusae and oceanographic cruises. Copies of 4 letters from Browne.
BILLARD, ARMAND EUGENE
Letters to E. T. Browne.
1907-1919 4 letters and 1 postcard [PBR32]
Summary: From University of Paris and University of Poitiers. In French. On Medusae, and the First World War. Copies of2 letters from Browne.
BORULA(?), A.
Letter to E. T. Browne.
1904 1 letter [PBR33]
Summary: In German. Signature not legible.
BOULENGER, G.A.
Letter to E. T. Browne.
1908 1 letter [PBR34]
Summary: From British Museum (Natural History). On Medusae.
BOURNE, GILBERT
Letter to E. T. Browne.
1911 1 letter [PBR35]
Summary: From University of Oxford. Regarding Oxford and Cambridge Zoologists' Society.
BOYCE, DAVID R.
Letters to E. T. Browne.
1914-1919 5 letters [PBR36]
Summary: 4 letters from France (On Active Service) and one from London, from Sergeant in 2nd South African Infantry, previously at Durban Museum, Natal. On Medusae and the First World War.
BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY)
Letter to E. T .Browne.
1901 1 acknowledgment form [PBR37]
Summary: Acknowledgment of gift to the Museum of specimens of Aurelia, signed by E. Ray Lankester.
BROCH, HJALMAR
Letters to E. T. Browne.
1915-1921 1 letter and 2 postcards [PBR38]
Summary: From Trondheim Museum. Regarding Browne's obituary of Ernst Haeckel, and Medusae.
BRUNCHORST, J.
Letter to E. T. Browne.
1907 1 letter [PBR39]
Summary: From Bergens Museum. Concerning a publication.
BYGRAVE, W.
Letter from E. T .Browne.
1907 1 letter [PBR40]
Summary: Copy of 1 letter from Browne. On Medusae.
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CASTRO, MARGARET DE
Letter to E. T .Browne.
1914 1 letter [PBR41]
Summary: From Whetstone. Regarding a pendant made for "Maggie".
CHADWICK, HERBERT C.
Correspondence with E. T. Browne.
1894-1928 50 letters [PBR5]
Summary: The earlier letters are from Bootie Public Library and Museum, then from Port Erin Biological Station, Isle of Man, where Chadwick was Curator. Discuss Medusae, activities and facilities at Port Erin, and personal, financial, career and health problems. Copies of 3 letters from Browne.
CHALLENGER SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF THE STUDY OF
OCEANOGRAPHY
Letters and circulars to E. T. Browne.
1903-1917 Letters, meeting agendas and reports, circulars [ PBR6]
Summary: Includes letter from G.H. Fowler and R.N. Wolfenden (19 January 1903) suggesting the formation of the society; correspondence and progress report on the Handbook of oceanography (1906-1908), and on the Bibliography of marine zoology (1907 and 1912) with a letter from the editor of the publications, L.A. Borradaile (31 December 1912).
CLARK, ROBERT SELBIE
Letter to E. T. Browne.
1928 Letter and map [PBR132]
Note: MBA Naturalist 1913, then on Shackleton's Antarctic expedition (Endurance). On minesweepers until 1918, then returned to the MBA. Scottish Fishery Board from 1923, becoming Director of the Marine Laboratory in 1934. Died 1950.
Summary: Asking Browne to identify a selection of Medusae from Scottish waters.
CRAWSHAY, LIONEL RUTTLEDGE
Letters to E. T. Browne.
1910-1920 27 letters and 1 postcard [PBR7]
Summary: Mainly from Plymouth, but also from the Far East, Nassau (Bahamas) and wartime letters from the British Expeditionary Force in France.
CUNNINGHAM, JOSEPH THOMAS
Letters to E. T. Browne.
1897-1921 9 letters [PBR42]
Summary: From Cornwall and London. Regarding zoology, meetings, and general news.
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DELAP, CONSTANCE (Miss)
Letters to E. T .Browne.
1895-1931 144 letters [PBR8]
Summary: From Valencia Island; County Kerry, mainly concerning the marine fauna of Valencia Harbour, but from 1920 principally "Christmas letters" covering a range of subjects and personal matters. Copies of 3 letters from Browne.
DE MORGAN, WALTER CAMPBELL
Letters to E. T. Browne.
1906-1913 12 letters [PBR9]
Note: Envelope wrongly labelled "De Morgan, William".
Summary: From Plymouth apart from one from Galway. Mainly scientific, with comments on work and people at the MBA.
DUMMETT, GEORGE H.
Letters to E. T .Browne.
1917-1918 2 letters [PBR43]
Summary: From Blackpool and Abingdon. On wartime experiences and general news.
DURBAN MUSEUM
Correspondence with E. T. Browne.
1914-1919 13 letters [PBR10]
Summary: On Medusae of South Africa. Signed by the Curator, E.C. Chubb. Copies of 2 letters from Browne.
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ECHALAZ, N.H.
Letters to E. T. Browne.
1909 2 letters [PBR44]
Summary: From Berkhamsted. Regarding the sale of his house to Browne.
ELMHURST, RICHARD
Letter to E. T. Browne.
1919 1 letter [PBR45]
Summary: From Scottish Marine Biological Association, Millport. On Medusae.
EVANS, WILLIAM
Letters to E. T .Browne.
1908-1909 12 letters and 3 postcards [PBR11]
Summary: From Edinburgh, mainly on Medusae. Includes copies of 6 letters from Browne.
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FANTHAM, H.B.
Letters to E. T. Browne.
1906 2 letters [PBR46]
Summary: From West Ealing and Roscoff (Brittany). General news, and comments on the arrival of a new professor at University College, London.
FEWKES, J. WALTER
Letter to E. T .Browne.
1896 1 letter [PBR47]
Summary: From Washington D.C. Acknowledging receipt of a paper.
FOWLER, G. HERBERT
Letters to E. T. Browne.
1900 and 1906 2 letters [PBR48]
Summary: From London. On Medusae.
FRASER, C. McLEAN
Letters to E. T. Browne.
1912-1920 3 letters [PBR49]
Summary: From Nanaimo and Vancouver. On Medusae.
FUCHS, HAROLD MUNRO (H. MUNRO FOX)
Letter to E. T. Browne.
1914 1 letter [PBR50]
Note: Name changed from Fuchs to Fox in 1914. Died 1967.
Summary: From Imperial College of Science and Technology, London. On Medusae.
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GAMBLE, FREDERICK WILLIAM
Letters to E. T. Browne.
1892-1921 84 letters and 2 postcards [PBRI2]
Note: Council 1908-1914; 1918-1919; 1921-1923. Died 1926.
Summary: From Owens College, Manchester, and from Birmingham. Earlier letters are particularly concerned with Port Erin and Valencia Island. Copies of 2 letters from Browne.
GARDINER, J. STANLEY
Correspondence with E. T .Browne.
1905-1919 19 letters [PBR13]
Note: Council member intermittently 1906-1938; Vice President 1940-1945. Died 1945.
Summary: Mainly from Cambridge. about Medusae and publications. Copies of 5 letters from Browne.
GARSTANG,WALTER
Letter to E. T .Browne.
1899 1 letter [PBR51]
Summary: From Plymouth. On Medusae.
GEMMILL, JAMES F.
Letters to E. T .Browne.
1901-1919 3 letters [PBR52]
Summary: From University of Glasgow. On Hydroids.
GILSON, GUSTAVE
Letters to E. T .Browne.
1896-1909 7 letters [PBR53]
Summary: From Louvain. On Medusae. Copies of 2 letters from Browne.
GOODEY, T.
Letters to E. T .Browne.
1908 2 letters [PBR55]
Summary: From University of Birmingham. On Aurelia. Copy of 1 letter from Browne.
GOUGH, LEWIS H.
Letter to E. T .Browne.
1905 1 letter [PBR56]
Summary: From Plymouth. On Medusae.
GRAVELEY, F .H.
Letters to E. T. Browne.
1907 and 1909 2 letters [PBR57]
Summary: From University of Manchester. On Medusae. Copy of 1 letter from Browne.
GRAVES, JOSEPHINE
Letters to E. T. Browne.
1914-1917 3 letters [PBR58]
Summary: From Bath. Personal and social matters.
GRAY, ALEXANDER
Letters to E. T. Browne.
1901-1903 13 letters [PBR59]
Summary: From Glasgow and Millport. On Medusae. photography, and life at the Millport laboratory.
GROSE, T .H.
Letter to E. T. Browne.
1896 1 letter [PBR60]
Summary: From "Queen's". Thanks for Browne's kind promise (unspecified).
GUNTHER, ROBERT WILLIAM THEODORE
Letter to E. T .Browne.
1908 1 letter [PBR61]
Note: Died 1940.
Summary: From Magdalen College, Oxford. On Medusae.
GURNEY, EUSTACE
Letters to E. T .Browne.
1901-1903 8 letters [PBR62]
Summary: From Norwich. Regarding the establishment of Sutton Broad freshwater biological station.
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HADDON, ALFRED CORT
Letter to E. T. Browne.
1897 1 letter [PBR63]
Note: Died 1940.
Summary: From Royal College of Science. Dublin. On Medusae.
HARGITT, C.W.
Letters to E. T. Browne.
1907 2 letters [PBR64]
Summary: From Syracuse University. On Medusae. Copies of letters from Browne.
HARTLAUB, CLEMENS
Letters to E. T. Browne.
1898-1913 24 letters and 15 postcards [PBR14]
Note: Curator of Zoology at the Helgoland Biological Station. Died 1928.
Summary: From Helgoland; in German and in English, about Medusae and hydroids. Copies of 4 letters from Browne.
HATTON, S.
Letters to E. T. Browne.
1914 2 letters [PBR65]
Summary: From Cambridge. Thanks for Browne's hospitality.
HEADLEY, E.M.
Letter to E. T. Browne.
1920 1 letter [PBR66]
Note: See under Headley, F. W for correspondence with Browne.
Summary: From London. Regarding his late brother F. W. Headley.
HEADLEY, F.W.
Letters to E. T. Browne.
1901-1919 60 letters [PBR15]
Note: Assistant Master at Haileybury College until his death in 1919. Author of books on evolution and Darwinism. See also letter from his brother E.M. Headley (1920).
Summary: From Haileybury College, Hertford. On Medusae, birds, and general news and observations.
HERDMAN, WILLIAM A.
Letters to E. T. Browne.
1892-1907 14 letters [PBR67]
Note: Director of Liverpool Marine Biology Committee and Port Erin Biological Station.
Summary: From University of Liverpool. On Medusae and research activities.
HICKSON, SYDNEY J.
Letters to E. T. Browne.
1895-1919 10 letters [PBR68]
Summary: From Owen's College, University of Manchester. On Medusae.
HILL, IAN P.
Letters to E. T. Browne.
1906-1912 3 letters [PBR69]
Summary: From University College, London. On colleagues and Browne's research room.
HILL, M.D.
Letter to E. T. Browne.
1896 1 letter [PBR70]
Summary: From Eton College, Windsor. On the Valencia expedition, with a reference to the "overthrow of Haeckel".
HODGSON, THOMAS VERE
Letters to E. T. Browne.
1901-1909 5 letters [PBR71]
Note: MBA Director's Assistant 1895-1897; Biologist on the National Antarctic Expedition, 1901-1904; Curator of Plymouth Museum.
Summary: From the office of the Discovery Antarctic Expedition, Portsmouth (1901), and from Plymouth. On Medusae.
HOLT, ERNEST W.L.
Letters to E. T. Browne.
1898-1907 24 letters [PBR17]
Note: MBA Naturalist 1891-1894; "Honorary Naturalist" 1896-1900; later, Chief Inspector of Irish Fisheries. Council 1905-1913; 1921-1922.
Summary: Mainly from Dublin. On Medusae, with general news and observations.
HORNELL, JAMES
Correspondence with E. T .Browne.
1896-1918 17 letters [PBR18]
Note: Marine Biologist to the Government of Ceylon from 1904, with the Madras Fisheries Bureau from 1904, becoming Director in 1918. Died 1949.
Summary: The first letter is from the Jersey Biological Laboratory. The remainder are from Ceylon and India (Madras and Tuticorin). On Medusae, plankton, the Madras Fisheries Bureau, and life in India. Copies of 4 letters from Browne.
HOWES, G.B.
Letter to E. T. Browne.
1900 1 letter [PBR72]
Summary: From Royal College of Science, London. On Valencia Medusae.
HUDSON, GORDON A.M.
Letter to E. T. Browne.
1918 1 letter [PBR73]
Summary: From British Expeditionary Force, France. On war experiences.
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JADERHOLM,ELOF
Letter to E. T. Browne.
1912 1 letter [PBR74]
Summary: From Westervik, Sweden. On hydroids.
JONES, A.J. MASON
Letter to E. T. Browne.
1908 1 letter [PBR75]
Summary: From Plymouth. On Medusae.
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KEMP, STANLEY WELLS
Correspondence with E. T. Browne.
1924-1925 4 letters [PBR26]
Note: Director of Discovery Investigations 1924-1936, and MBA Director 1936-1945.
Summary: Two letters from Kemp from the Discovery Committee Office, and copies of 2 from Browne, regarding the Vallentin collection of Medusae from the Falkland Islands.
KERR, JOHN GRAHAM
Letters to E. T .Browne.
1904-1911 7 letters [PBR76]
Summary: From University of Glasgow. On the problems of the Millport laboratory, and on Medusae. Copies of 2 letters from Browne.
KINOSHITA, K.
Letter to E. T .Browne.
1914 1 letter [PBR77]
Summary: From Tokyo. On Medusae.
KIRKPATRICK, R.
Letters to E. T .Browne.
1902-1911 11 letters [PBR78]
Summary: From British Museum (Natural History). On Medusae. Copy of 1 letter from Browne.
KRAMP, PAUL LASSENIUS
Letters to E. T .Browne.
1914-1931 29 letters [PBR19]
Note: Died 1975.
Summary: From Charlottenlund and Copenhagen. Mainly on Medusae and hydroids, with news of family, colleagues, expeditions. Copy of 1 letter from Browne.
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LANKESTER, Sir EDWIN RAY
Letters to E. T. Browne.
1906 2 letters [PBR79]
Summary: From London. On Medusae.
LAURIE, MALCOLM
Letter to E. T. Browne.
1900 1 letter [PBR81]
Summary: From Lenzie, Dumbartonshire. On hydroids and the Millport laboratory.
LEBOUR, MARIE
E. T. Browne's letters to Marie Lebour.
1929-1930 3 letters [PBR20]
Note: MBA Zoologist.
Summary: On Medusae.
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MAAS, OTTO
Correspondence with E. T. Browne.
1905-1910 19 letters and 6 postcards [PBR21]
Summary: From Munich. Mainly about Medusae. Copies of 9 lettersfrom Browne.
MACBRIDE, E. W.
Letters to E. T. Browne.
1899-1903 7 letters [PBR82]
Summary: From Cambridge and Montreal. On research activities.
McINTOSH, D.C.
Letters to E. T .Browne.
1903-1910 8 letters [PBR83]
Summary: From Edinburgh. On Aurelia. Copy of 1 letter from Browne.
MAGRATH, (?)
Letter to E. T .Browne.
1911 1 letter [PBR84]
Note: Provost of Queen's College, Oxford.
Summary: Acknowledgment for donation of a book, signed on behalf of Magrath by H.L. Lefroy.
MAYER, ALFRED GOLDSBOROUGH (Later MAYOR)
Letters to E. T .Browne.
1905-1914 7 letters [PBR85]
Summary: From New Jersey and Plymouth. On Medusae, research activities, copyright, and Mayer's visit to Plymouth. Copies of 4 letters from Browne.
MILLPORT MARINE BIOLOGICAL STATION
Letter to E. T .Browne.
1907 1 letter [PBR86]
Note: The laboratory of the Marine Biological Association of the West of Scotland, later the Scottish Marine Biological Association.
Summary: Acknowledgment, from the Secretary, of Browne's letter of resignation from the Association. Copies of 2 letters from Browne to the Secretary, and 1 from Browne to S. Pace, the former Director.
MINCHIN, E.A.
Letters to E. T .Browne.
1901-1907 4 letters [PBR87]
Summary: From London. On Medusae.
MONY(?), J.G. SALVIN-
Letter to E. T. Browne.
1900 or 1908 1 letter [PBR88]
Note: Signature and date not legible.
Summary: From University of Liverpool. On Medusae.
MURRAY, JOHN
Letters to E. T. Browne.
1905 2 letters [PBR89]
Summary: From Edinburgh On publications.
MUSEUMS ASSOCIATION
Letter to E. T. Browne.
1918 1 letter [PBR90]
Summary: From the Assistant Editor (F.A. Mather?) enquiring about specimen preservation methods.
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NELSON, EDWARD M.
Letters to E. T .Browne.
1897 -1914 6 letters [PBR91]
Summary: From London, Dover, Plymouth and Bath. Concerning the Royal Microscopical Society, research activities, and the Challenger Society. Copy of 1 letter from Browne.
NEWBIGIN, M.I.
Letter to E. T. Browne.
1908 1 letter [PBR92]
Summary: From the Royal Scottish Geographical Society, Edinburgh, enquiring about Browne's photographs of marine animals.
NORDGAARD, O.
Letters to E. T .Browne.
1901-1903 5 letters [PBR93]
Summary: From Bergens Museum Biological Station On Medusae.
NORMAN, ALFRED MERLE
Letters to E. T. Browne.
1906-1912 3 letters [PBR 94]
Summary: From Berkhamsted. On publications and social matters. Also 1 letter from Norman's Executor.
NUTTING, C.C.
Letter to E. T .Browne.
1915 1 letter [PBR95]
Summary: From Ingleside, Michigan. Enquiries about activities at the MBA, Plymouth, with sympathy and support for Britain in wartime.
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PACE, S.
Letters to E. T. Browne.
1906-1907 4 letters [PBR96]
Note: Director of the Millport Marine Biological, Station
Summary: From Millport. Concerning the crisis at Millport, and Pace's resignation, with 1 letter from R. M. Pace (his wife). Copy of 1 letter from Browne.
PEARSON, KARL
Letter to E. T .Browne.
1901 1 letter [PBR97]
Summary: From London On Aurelia.
PLYMOUTH MUNICIPAL MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY
Letter to E. T .Browne.
1900(?) 1 letter [PBR98]
Summary: Acknowledgment for the donation of a fauna specimen, signed by T. V. Hodgson.
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QUECKETT MICROSCOPICAL CLUB
Letter to E. T .Browne.
1900 1 letter [PBR99]
Summary: From the Secretary, G.C. Karop, London, regarding Browne's resignation as Curator.
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RANKIN, JAMES
Letter to E. T. Browne.
1901 1 letter [PBR100]
Summary: From University of Glasgow. On Medusae.
RENOUF, LOUIS P.W.
Letter to E. T. Browne.
1916 1 letter [PBR101]
Summary: From the Bute Laboratory, Rothesay, New Brunswick. On Medusae.
RUSSELL, EDWARD STUART
Letters to E. T .Browne.
1905 2 letters [PBR102]
Note: Died 1954.
Summary: From Glasgow. On Medusae.
RUSSELL, FREDERICK STRATTEN
Correspondence with E. T. Browne.
1935-1937 56 letters and 3 postcards [PBR21]
Note: MBA Zoologist, later Director.
Summary: Mainly on Medusae. Includes copies of 4 letters from Browne; copy of 1 letter from Browne to W.J. Rees (his Research Assistant), and copy of 1 letter from Russell to P.L. Kramp (Copenhagen), and 1 from Kramp to Russell.
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SCHAFER, EDWARD ALBERT
Letter to E. T .Browne.
1906 1 letter [PBR103]
Summary: From University of Edinburgh. On Medusae. Copy of I letter from Browne.
SCHARFF, ROBERT F.
Letters to E. T .Browne.
1896-1900 8 letters [PBR104]
Summary: From Dublin Science and Art Institutions. On publications.
SCHUSTER, EDGAR
Letter to E. T. Browne.
1906 1 letter [PBR105]
Summary: From Oxford. Concerning publications.
SCOTT, THOMAS
Letters to E. T .Browne.
1901-1905 5 letters [PBR106]
Summary: From Aberdeen. On publications and research activities.
SCOTTISH NATIONAL ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION OFFICE
Letters to E. T .Browne.
1905 2 letters [PBR 107]
Summary: From Edinburgh. On Medusae. Copy of 1 letter from Browne.
SEATOW, ELLIS
Letter to E. T .Browne.
1908 1 letter [PBR54]
Note: In file under "Gold mine fraud".
Summary: From Pennsylvania. Offering 300 pounds of gold.
SELTMAN, JAMES
Letter to E. T .Browne.
1920 1 letter [PBR108]
Summary: From Berkhamsted. On Chirocephalus.
SELYS-LONGCHAMPS, MARO DE
Letters to E. T. Browne.
1902 4 letters [PBR80]
Note: Filed under Longchamps.
Summary: From Helgoland and Naples. On Phoronis. 3 of the letters are in French.
SEWELL, ROBERT BERESFORD SEYMOUR
Letters to E. T. Browne.
1922 2 letters [PBR109]
Note: Naturalist, and major in the Indian Medical Service.
Summary: From London. Concerning the Linnean Society.
SHOEBOTHAM, JOHN W.
Letters to E. T. Browne.
1913 2 letters [PBR110]
Summary: From Berkhamsted. On Collembola.
SMITH, A.J.
Letters to E. T. Browne.
1908 and 1914 2 letters [PBR111]
Note: MBA Laboratory Chief Assistant.
Summary: From MBA Plymouth. On Medusae. Copy of 1 letter from Browne.
SOUTHWELL, THOMAS
Letters to E. T. Browne.
1900 2 letters [PBR112]
Summary: From Lowestoft and Norwich. On Medusae, and the notes and letters of Sir Thomas Browne (c. 1666).
SPR- T(?), J.D.
Letter to E. T .Browne.
1915 1 letter [PBR113]
Summary: From Eastbourne. On the death in action in France of his son.
STEBBING, THOMAS R.R.
Letter to E. T .Browne.
1914 1 letter [PBR114]
Summary: From Tunbridge Wells. On Browne's comments on his publication.
STECHOW, E.
Letters to E. T .Browne.
1908 and 1912 2 letters [PBR115]
Summary: From Munich. On the exchange of publications, and Stechow's visit to London.
STIASNY, GUSTAV
Letter to E. T. Browne.
1907 1 letter [PBR116]
Summary: From Trieste (?) On Medusae. In German.
STOCKDALE, R. (JOHN)
Letters to E. T .Browne.
1901-1929 153 letters and 1 postcard [PBR22]
Note: Assistant master at a school in Leeds, 1890-1918, then lived with his aunt in Austwick (she died in 1925).
Summary: Earlier letters are concerned with photography and photographic processing, school life, and the First World War. Then village life in Austwick, gardening, poultry rearing, meteorological observations, music, and the church.
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THOMPSON, ISAAC C.
Letters to E. T .Browne.
1898-1900 8 letters [PBR117]
Note: Secretary and Treasurer of the Liverpool Marine Biological Committee and Port Erin Biological Station.
Summary: From Liverpool. On Medusae and research activities.
THORNELY, LAURA ROSCOE
Letters to E. T .Browne.
1906 2 letters [PBR118]
Summary: From Liverpool. On Medusae. Copies of 2 letters from Browne.
TODD, R.A.
Letters to E. T. Browne.
1902-1910 3 letters [PBR119]
Note: Director's Assistant 1898, then at Lowestoft Laboratory from 1902. Board of Agriculture Fisheries Inspector 1912-1920, then District Fishery Officer in South West until 1944. Died 1949.
Summary: From MBA Plymouth, Lowestoft and London. On research activities, and his new post as plankton expert at the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries.
TORREY, HAROLD BEAL
Letter to E. T. Browne.
1907 1 letter [PBR120]
Summary: From University of California Marine Biological Laboratory, La Jolla. On hydroids and Medusae publications. Copy of 1 letter from Browne.
TOTTON, ARTHUR KNYVETT
Correspondence with E. T. Browne.
1925-1930 8 letters [PBR23]
Note: Worked at British Museum (Natural History). Died 1973.
Summary: From the British Museum (Natural History). On Medusae and hydroids. Copy of 1 letter from Browne.
TREBILCOCK, RICHARD E.
Letters to E. T. Browne.
1918-1922 7 letters [PBR24]
Summary: Earlier letters are from London and Plymouth, remainder from Kerang, Victoria, Australia. On hydroids and life in Australia.
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VALLENTIN, RUPERT
Letters to E. T. Browne.
1896-1933 289 letters and 11 postcards [PBR25]
Note: Naturalist. Published accounts of the fauna of Cornwall, the Scillies, and the Falklands.
Summary: Mainly from his homes in Falmouth, Newquay, St. Ives, and Exeter, and also from the Falklands including an envelope of scientific drawings. On Medusae, photography, scientific meetings and mutual acquaintances, the 1914-1918 war and his work with the Falmouth and District Volunteer Training Corps, and rainfall records. Many in the original envelopes. Copies of 2 letters from Browne.
VANHOFFEN,ERNST
Letters to E. T. Browne.
1905 and 1908 2 postcards [PBR121]
Summary: From Charlottenlund and Kiel. On Medusae. In German.
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WADDINGTON, H.
Letters to E. T. Browne.
1901-1903 6 letters [PBR122]
Summary: From Bournemouth. On Medusae.
WALKER, ALFRED O.
Letters to E. T. Browne.
1896-1898 3 letters [PBR123]
Summary: From Colwyn Bay. On Medusae and Crustacea sampling.
WATSON, ARNOLD T.
Letters to E. T. Browne.
1896-1902 6 letters [PBR124]
Summary: From Sheffield. On Medusae and Polychaeta slides, specimens and publications.
WEBB, WILFRED MARK
Letter to E. T .Browne.
1910 1 letter [PBR125]
Summary: From Ealing. Concerning the microscopical column of the magazine Knowledge.
WEBER, MAX
Letter to E. T .Browne.
1901 1 letter [PBR126]
Summary: From Erbeck (?) On Medusae of the Siboga Expedition.
WEISS, F. ERNEST
Letters to E. T .Browne.
1896-1897 4 letters [PBR127]
Summary: From Manchester. On research and social activities.
WILLEY, ARTHUR
Letter to E. T. Browne.
1907 1 letter [PBR128]
Summary: From Colombo, Ceylon. On Medusae.
WILSMORE, L.O. (Mrs)
Letters to E. T .Browne.
1908-1909 3 letters [PBR129]
Summary: From London. Concerning problems at work at University College, and belated congratulations on Browne's forthcoming marriage.
WILSON, COLIN .
Letters to E. T .Browne.
1905-1909 3 letters [PBR130]
Summary: From Cambridge. On plates for publication.
WOLFENDEN, R. NORRIS
Letters to E. T. Browne.
1904(?)-1906 2 letters [PBR131]
Summary: From Seaford, Sussex. On Medusae. Copy of 1 letter from Browne.
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ZOSTERA INVESTIGATION
Correspondence with E. T. Browne.
1934 7 letters [PBR16]
Note: Research carried out under the auspices of the MBA. Additional material is in the files of the Director's Office.
Summary: Includes letters from A.D. Cotton (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew), and E.J. Allen concerning committee meetings and the appointment and payment of Tutin. Copies of 3 letters from Browne.
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