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Migeod, Frederick William Hugh, (1872-1952), Colonial Administrator Botanist

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Surname: Migeod
Forenames: Frederick William Hugh
Gender: Male
Date: 1872-1952
History: Colonial Civil Service (Gold Coast), 1900 to 1919. Undertook expeditions across Africa, 1919 to 1931, including as leader of the British Museum East Africa Expedition to excavate bones of dinosaurs, from 1925 (upon the death of the previous leader W E Cutler) until May 1927, and again 1929 to 1930.
References: Who Was Who; PROCAT; NCA Rules
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P275938 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P161585 )
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
1898-1934: papers rel to West Africa
Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives
See MSS Catalogue, 1975
2
1902-28: papers mainly rel to travel in West Africa
Royal Geographical Society
SSC/124
See Guide
3
1917-33: botanical diaries and notebooks
London University: School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS)
PP MS 59
See Noel Matthews, Materials for West African history 1973
4
corresp with Sir Matthew Nathan
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
MSS Nathan
NRA 8981