Dawkins, Sir William Boyd, (1837-1929), Knight, geologist, palaeontologist and antiquary

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Surname:	Dawkins
Pretitle:	Sir
Forenames:	William Boyd
Gender:	Male
Date:	1837-1929
Title:	Knight
Biography:	ODNB link for Dawkins, Sir William Boyd (1837-1929) Knight Geologist Palaeontologist Antiquary
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P155983 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P7667 )

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1868-1931: archaeological and palaeontological corresp and papers	Buxton Museum and Art Gallery		NRA 19686
2	1850-1929: corresp and papers	Manchester University: University of Manchester Library	WBD	NRA 33837
3	c1859: exploration diary of Wookey Hole and notes rel to quaternary palaeontology	Wells and Mendip Museum: Collections & Library		See Bridson, Natural history MS resources, 1980
4	c1860-69: speleological papers	Oxford University: Museum of Natural History		See Bridson, Natural history MS resources, 1980
5	1880-85: misc papers (7 items)	Somerset Heritage Centre (South West Heritage Trust)	A\BAK
6	1880-1917: misc corresp	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MS Eng lett d 169
7	1893-1924: letters to Arthur Bulleid	Somerset Heritage Centre (South West Heritage Trust)	DD/GDL/6	NRA 30466 Bulleid
8	1866-92: letters (252) from EA Freeman	Oxford University: Jesus College	MSS 192-93	See HMC, MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
9	1859-71: letters (c100) from JA Green	Oxford University: Jesus College	MSS 198-200	See HMC, MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
10	corresp with James Parker	Oxford University: Museum of Natural History		NRA 42536 Oxford
11	1861-71: letters (42) to John Phillips	Oxford University: Museum of Natural History	John Phillips Archive	NRA 42482
12	1886-98: letters to AHLF Pitt-Rivers	Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum		NRA 20212
13	1924-32: letters (64) mainly to Lady Dawkins from AH Sayce	Oxford University: Queen's College Library	Vol V, MS 540	NRA 1097 Queen's College