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Oakley, Kenneth Page, (1911-1981), Anthropologist and Geologist

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Surname: Oakley
Forenames: Kenneth Page
Gender: Male
Date: 1911-1981
History: Anthropologist, palaeontologist. Assistant keeper of geology at the British Museum 1935-1959, deputy keeper of palaeontology 1959-1961. Helped to expose the Piltdown skull hoax by radio-carbon dating.
Biography: ODNB link for Oakley, Kenneth Page (1911-1981) Anthropologist and Geologist
References: DNB; NCA Rules
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P275119 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P125790 )
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
1912-1983: British Museum (Natural History): Department of Palaeontology: Piltdown Man: Records
The Natural History Museum Archives, London
DF 116
2
1935-1982: British Museum (Natural History): Department of Palaeontology: Anthropology Sub-Department: Subject files
The Natural History Museum Archives, London
DF 141
3
corresp and notebooks
Natural History Museum Library and Archives
See Accessions to Repositories 1974 1980 1988
4
1949-50: letters from Robert Broom
Natural History Museum Library and Archives
See Accessions to Repositories 1972
5
1953-57: letters to OGS Crawford
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
MSS Crawford
NRA 21553 Crawford
6
1946-65: corresp with WR Dawson (25 items)
Natural History Museum Library and Archives
L MSS DAWS
See Catalogue of MSS...Natural History Museum (1995)
7
1943-1947: corresp with William Joscelyn Arkell
Oxford University: Museum of Natural History
NUCACS 102/1/02
NRA 43879 WJ Arkell