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Buckland, William, (1784-1856), Dean of Westminster, geologist

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Surname: Buckland
Forenames: William
Gender: Male
Date: 1784-1856
Biography: ODNB link for Buckland, William (1784-1856), Dean of Westminster geologist
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P135593 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P4029 )
Online related resources Bibliography of British and Irish History link for William Buckland
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
1833-49: letters from churchmen
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
See HMC Papers of British churchmen 1780-1940, 1987
2
1836-49: letters from Sir Robert Peel (55 items)
Yale University Libraries: Beinecke Library
See HMC Papers of British churchmen 1780-1940, 1987
3
1812-1902: corresp (c300 items)
Royal Society
See HMC Papers of British churchmen 1780-1940, 1987
4
1800-1956: corresp and papers (c700 items)
Devon Archives and Local Studies Service (South West Heritage Trust)
NRA 11695 Gordon

See HMC Papers of British churchmen 1780-1940, 1987
5
literary MSS, lecture notes and corresp
Oxford University: Museum of Natural History
NRA 42502 Buckland

See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
6
drawings and lecture notes
British Geological Survey Archives
NRA 18675 Inst of Geol

See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
7
1835-45: corresp
British Library, Manuscript Collections
8
1825-36: corresp
National Library of Wales: Department of Collection Services
9
1825-49: letters to Charles Babbage
British Library, Manuscript Collections
10
1814-49: corresp with William Baker and Thomas Webster (35 items), and notes and papers
Cambridge University: Fitzwilliam Museum
See HMC visit, JRS 1992
11
1827-49: letters to Philip Bliss
British Library, Manuscript Collections
12
1823: letters to Andrew Bloxam
Oxford University: History of Science Museum
NRA 9532 Oxford scientific

See Bridson, Natural history MS resources 1980
13
letters (20) to Sir Henry de la Beche
National Museum of Wales
See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
14
1827-47: letters to GW Featherstonhaugh
Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives
NRA 44054
15
corresp with James Forbes
University of St Andrews Libraries and Museums, University Collections and Museums Directorate
NRA 13132
16
1818-31: letters(33) to Lord Grenville
British Library, Manuscript Collections
17
1832: letters (17) to Sir William Hooker
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Library and Archives
See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
18
letters to Linnean Society
Linnean Society of London
19
1821-49: letters (84) to Gideon Algernon Mantell
National Library of New Zealand: Alexander Turnbull Library
NRA 40579

See Microfilm copies (ref. XA 64) at East Sussex R.O.
20
1830-45: letters (14) to Roderick Impey Murchison
Geological Society of London
NRA 28354 Geological Soc

See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
21
corresp with Sir Charles Murray
National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)
NRA 14153

See NRA(S)0485
22
1831-49: letters (64ff) to the Marquess of Northampton
Castle Ashby
NRA 21088 Compton

See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
23
letters (15) to Sir Richard Owen
Royal College of Surgeons of England
See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1942, 1982
24
1823-48: corresp with Sir Robert Peel
British Library, Manuscript Collections
25
1820-22: letters (22) from Joseph Pentland
Nottingham University Library, Department of Manuscripts and Special Collections
NRA 24710

See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
26
letters (38) to John Phillips
Oxford University: Museum of Natural History
NRA 42482
27
corresp (c50 items) with Lord Playfair, Sir Robert Peel and others
Imperial College Archives and Corporate Records Unit
NRA 11556 Playfair

See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1942, 1982
28
letters (17) to Sir Walter and Sir John Trevelyan
Newcastle University: Special Collections
NRA 12238 Trevelyan

See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
29
1814-32: letters (11) to T Webster
Cambridge University: Fitzwilliam Museum
See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
30
1831-48: letters (19) to William Whewell
Cambridge University: Trinity College Library
NRA 8804
31
corresp
Bristol University Information Services: Special Collections
NRA 31780 Eyles
32
1835-1838: letters on the fossil Edentata of South America with JB Pentland and W Parish
Natural History Museum Library and Archives
See Catalogue of MSS...Natural History Museum (1995)
33
1833-1835: letters (55) to members of the Sowerby family
Natural History Museum Library and Archives
See Catalogue of MSS...Natural History Museum (1995)
34
1817-1848: letters
American Philosophical Society Library