Waterhouse, George Robert, (1810-1888), naturalist

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Surname:	Waterhouse
Forenames:	George Robert
Gender:	Male
Date:	1810-1888
History:	Curator of the London Zoological Soc, keeper of the mineralogical and geological branch of the British Museum 1851-1857, and of the department of geology 1857-1880. Asked by Darwin to describe mammals and coleoptera collected in the voyage of The Beagle.
Biography:	ODNB link for Waterhouse, George Robert (1810-1888) Naturalist
References:	DNB; NCA Rules
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P275122 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P146415 )

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1814-1968: British Museum (Natural History): Department of Mineralogy: Reports to Trustees and Other Official Documents	The Natural History Museum Archives, London	DF 4
2	1870-1898: British Museum (Natural History): Department of Palaeontology: Early Members of Staff: Correspondence and Papers	The Natural History Museum Archives, London	DF 120
3	1526-1868: George Robert Waterhouse: Papers	The National Archives, Kew	PRO 30/27
4	1526-1868: George Robert Waterhouse: Papers	The National Archives, Kew	PRO 30/27
5	letters (5) to his father and other letters and notes on zoological topics	Natural History Museum Library and Archives	L MSS WAT	See Catalogue of MSS...Natural History Museum (1995)
6	genealogical collection	The National Archives	PRO 30/27
7	1838-42: letters to Sir William Jardine	National Museum of Scotland Library		NRA 24275 Jardine
8	1847-59: letters (14) to Sir Charles Lyell	Edinburgh University Library, Heritage Collections	Lyell 1, 5
9	letters to JO Westwood	Oxford University: Museum of Natural History		NRA 42507 Oxford
10	1843-1860: letters (2) from Charles Robert Darwin	Natural History Museum Library and Archives	L MSS DAR	See Catalogue of MSS...Natural History Museum (1995)
11	1840-1874: letters (12) corresp with Sir Richard Owen and William Clift	Natural History Museum Library and Archives	L OC62	See Catalogue of MSS...Natural History Museum (1995)