Carpenter, William Benjamin, (1813-1885), naturalist

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Surname:	Carpenter
Forenames:	William Benjamin
Gender:	Male
Date:	1813-1885
Biography:	ODNB link for Carpenter, William Benjamin (1813-1885) Naturalist
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P157064 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P4963 )
Online related resources	Bibliography of British and Irish History link for William Benjamin Carpenter

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	drawings and papers	Natural History Museum Library and Archives		See Bridson, Natural history MS resources, 1980
2	1848: geology lectures	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 31196
3	letters to Charles Darwin	Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives	MS DAR	NRA 11458 Darwin
4	1851-83: letters (23) to Thomas Huxley	Imperial College Archives and Corporate Records Unit	B/HUXLEY	NRA 8194 Huxley
5	letters (17) to Sir John Herschel	Royal Society	HS	NRA 8803
6	1866-75: letters (10) to Henry Lee	Wellcome Collection	MSS.5378/1-9, 5392/25	NRA 39405
7	1843-45: corresp with Lord and Lady Lovelace	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	Dep Lovelace Byron	NRA 21980
8	1850-74: letters (11) to Sir Charles Lyell	Edinburgh University Library, Heritage Collections	Lyell 1
9	corresp with GC Robertson	UCL: University College London (UCL) Special Collections	MS ADD 88	NRA 14256 Robertson
10	1855-79: letters to Sir George Stokes	Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives	Add 7342, 7656	NRA 20700 Stokes
11	1842-54: corresp (17 items) with Richard Owen and William Clift	Natural History Museum Library and Archives	L OC62	See Catalogue of MSS...Natural History Museum (1995)
12	1865-89: letters (10) to George Charles Wallich	Natural History Museum Library and Archives	L MSS WAL C	See Catalogue of MSS...Natural History Museum (1995)