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King, Philip Parker, (1793-1856), Rear Admiral Naturalist

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Surname: King
Forenames: Philip Parker
Gender: Male
Date: 1793-1856
Biography: ODNB link for King, Philip Parker (1793-1856) Rear Admiral Naturalist
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P141740 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P16308 )
Online related resources Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Philip Parker King
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
1817-22: log books and journals
National Museum of the Royal Navy
MSS 72, 73/2, 79
NRA 44344

See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
2
corresp and papers
State Library of New South Wales, Mitchell Library
A3599, MSS 592, 673, 963
See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
3
1847-55: corresp rel to Parramatta Observatory
National Library of Australia
NK5213
See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
4
1838-48: letters (8) and map
State Library of New South Wales, Dixson Library
NRA 25545 Dixson Lib
5
chart
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Library and Archives
See Bridson, Natural history MS resources 1980
6
1840-52: letters (20) to Sir William Hooker
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Library and Archives
See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
7
1817-29: (copy) letters (13) rel to the survey of Australia
British Library, Manuscript Collections
RP 955