Sowerby, James, (1757-1822), naturalist

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Surname:	Sowerby
Forenames:	James
Gender:	Male
Date:	1757-1822
Biography:	ODNB link for Sowerby, James (1757-1822), naturalist
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P153758 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P26777 )
Online related resources	Bibliography of British and Irish History link for James Sowerby

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1761-1835: corresp and papers	Natural History Museum Library and Archives	L Sowerby coll	See Catalogue of MSS...Natural History Museum (1995)
2	drawings and papers	Linnean Society of London		See Bridson, Natural history MS resources 1980
3	1808: papers	Geological Society of London		See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
4	sketches	National Museum of Wales		See Bridson, Natural history MS resources 1980
5	corresp	Royal Society	MSS 682, 709	See Bridson, Natural history MS resources 1980
6	corresp	Bristol University Information Services: Special Collections	DM 1186	NRA 31780 Eyles
7	1793-1814: corresp	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	MS.3925
8	letters (14) to William Cunnington	Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society	MS 2598/Box 326	NRA 41673 Cunnington See Bridson, Natural history MS resources 1980
9	letters to James Dalton	Leeds University Library, Special Collections		See Accessions to Repositories 1967
10	letters (26) to Hugh Davies	National Library of Wales: Department of Collection Services	NLW MS 6664C
11	1806-14: letters (12) from Charles Lyell	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	MS.10789
12	1813-19: letters (25) to Gideon Algernon Mantell	National Library of New Zealand: Alexander Turnbull Library	MS-Group-0305	NRA 40579 See Microfilm copies (ref.XA 64) at East Sussex R.O.
13	letters to Sir James Smith	Oxford University: Sherardian Library of Plant Taxonomy	MSS Sherard	NRA 6305 Sherard
14	1800-22: letters to Sir James Smith	Linnean Society of London	Smith papers	NRA 9516
15	letters from Sir James Smith	Linnean Society of London		See Annual Return 1993
16	letters from John Templeton	Ulster Museum		See Bridson, Natural history MS resources 1980