Adrienne L. Kaeppler
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Anatomy Collection
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Beveridge Anne
Caroline Grigson
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Clare Haynes
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David Weston
Donal Bateson
Dr Richard Mead
E. Geoffrey Hancock
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George III
George Stubbs
Glasgow University
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Heiner Krellig
Helen McCormack
Henry Smeathman
history of scientific collecting in Britain
Hunter's Collection
Hunter's Library
Hunter's Museum
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Hunter’s Library
Hunter’s Museum
Jeff Liston
John W. Faithfull
Lever Museum
Margaret Reilly
Martin Kemp
medical history research
Mungo Campbell
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National Academy
National Library
natural history collections
Neil D.L. Clark
Plaster Of Paris
Robert Edge Pine
Robert G.W. Anderson
Robert Strange
Royal Academy
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Simon Chaplin
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St Martin's Lane Academy
St Martin’s Lane Academy
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Stuart W. McDonald
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Product details
- ISBN 9781138548343
- Weight: 780g
- Dimensions: 174 x 246mm
- Publication Date: 25 Apr 2018
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Despite William Hunter's stature as one of the most important collectors and men of science of the eighteenth century, and the fact that his collection is the foundation of Scotland's oldest public museum, The Hunterian, until now there has been no comprehensive examination in a single volume of all his collections in their diversity. This volume restores Hunter to a rightful position of prominence among the medical men whose research and amassing of specimens transformed our understanding of the natural world and man's position within it. This volume comprises essays by international specialists and are as diverse as Hunter's collections themselves, dealing as they do with material that ranges from medical and scientific specimens, to painting, prints, books and manuscripts. The first sections focus upon Hunter's own collection and his response to it, while the final section contextualises Hunter within the wider sphere. A special feature of the volume is the inclusion of references to the Hunterian's web pages and on-line databases. These enable searches for items from Hunter's collections, both from his museum and library. Locating Hunter's collecting within the broader context of his age and environment, this book provides an original approach to a man and collection whose importance has yet to be comprehensively assessed.
E. Geoffrey Hancock, an entomologist with a career in various British museums, is currently Honorary Curator of Entomology and a Research Fellow in The Hunterian Museum. His interests include the history of museums and their collections. Professor Nick Pearce holds the Sir John Richmond Chair of Fine Art at the University of Glasgow, where he specialises in the arts of China. His career has spanned both museums and universities, including the Victoria & Albert Museum, The Burrell Collection in Glasgow and the universities of Durham and Edinburgh. Mungo Campbell worked at the National Galleries of Scotland until 1997 and is now Deputy Director of The Hunterian. Curating several major loan exhibitions culminated recently in Allan Ramsay; Portraits of the Enlightenment (2013) and he edited the accompanying publication.
