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Correspondence between Professor Sir D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson and Robert Edward Archibald Udny Hamilton

Title	Correspondence between Professor Sir D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson and Robert Edward Archibald Udny Hamilton
Publication Date:	1931
Type	Document
Language	ara,eng,lat,und
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Library:	University of St Andrews Library
Record ID	alma991017101663508966
Library Location	University of St Andrews
Date	1931
Notes	Correspondence between Professor Sir D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson and Robert Edward Archibald Udny Hamilton, 11th Baron Belhaven and Stenton, Wishaw, Lanarkshire. 3 autograph letters signed, 1 typed letter signed, 1 D.W.T. standard copy format letter, 2 autograph postcards [picture] signed and 1 autograph postcard [plain] signed. The main themes of this correspondence are natural history, classical studies and myth: the unicorn [1931], DWT's classical studies [1933] and arabic natural history discussed [1938]. Also, brief general professional, personal and career news throughout and some contemporary European politics [1931]. References are made to Sach's Monocerologia, the advocates' library, narwhal whales, the oryx, the reem [rim, Middle East species of gazelle], the use of the unicorn in the arms of Scotland and Bromhead family heraldry, the land utilization Bill, the Spanish revolution [precursor to the Spanish Civil War] and contemporary European politics [1931]. DWT's paper 'Games and playthings [1933],' modern equivalents of vocabulary used in Ancient Greek and varoius forms and dialects of Arabic. The following individuals are named/discussed: Kirchenmayer, Gunion Rutherford [master to Lord Belhaven with University of St Andrews [Fife] connections], Goldsmith [Victorian unicorn scholar], Douglas Carruthers, Bertram Thomas Bansolsh, Sir Percy Cox [1931]. Huxley [193]. David Ewart [portrait artist, DWT portrait and DE painting Lady Belhaven], DWT's latest honour [possibly his 1937 knighthood], the bolti [1938]. Secondary correspondent's details: Additional material/document information: ms22982: autograph postcard [plain] signed. ms22983-ms22984: autograph postcards [picture] signed [Small b/w photographic image of Udny Castle, Aberdeenshire, 1938].
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Referans Numarası	ms22977-ms22984

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Correspondence between Professor Sir D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson and Robert Edward Archibald Udny Hamilton

Publication Date 1931

Type Document

Language ara,eng,lat,und

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Library University of St Andrews Library

Record ID alma991017101663508966

Library Location University of St Andrews

Date 1931

Notes Correspondence between Professor Sir D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson and Robert Edward Archibald Udny Hamilton, 11th Baron Belhaven and Stenton, Wishaw, Lanarkshire. 3 autograph letters signed, 1 typed letter signed, 1 D.W.T. standard copy format letter, 2 autograph postcards [picture] signed and 1 autograph postcard [plain] signed. The main themes of this correspondence are natural history, classical studies and myth: the unicorn [1931], DWT's classical studies [1933] and arabic natural history discussed [1938]. Also, brief general professional, personal and career news throughout and some contemporary European politics [1931]. References are made to Sach's Monocerologia, the advocates' library, narwhal whales, the oryx, the reem [rim, Middle East species of gazelle], the use of the unicorn in the arms of Scotland and Bromhead family heraldry, the land utilization Bill, the Spanish revolution [precursor to the Spanish Civil War] and contemporary European politics [1931]. DWT's paper 'Games and playthings [1933],' modern equivalents of vocabulary used in Ancient Greek and varoius forms and dialects of Arabic. The following individuals are named/discussed: Kirchenmayer, Gunion Rutherford [master to Lord Belhaven with University of St Andrews [Fife] connections], Goldsmith [Victorian unicorn scholar], Douglas Carruthers, Bertram Thomas Bansolsh, Sir Percy Cox [1931]. Huxley [193]. David Ewart [portrait artist, DWT portrait and DE painting Lady Belhaven], DWT's latest honour [possibly his 1937 knighthood], the bolti [1938]. Secondary correspondent's details: Additional material/document information: ms22982: autograph postcard [plain] signed. ms22983-ms22984: autograph postcards [picture] signed [Small b/w photographic image of Udny Castle, Aberdeenshire, 1938].

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Referans Numarası ms22977-ms22984