Lane, Edward William, (1801-1876), Arabic scholar and Egyptologist

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Surname:	Lane
Forenames:	Edward William
Gender:	Male
Date:	1801-1876
Biography:	ODNB link for Lane, Edward William (1801-1876) Arabic Scholar and Egyptologist
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P164051 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P16701 )

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1825-28: MS (9 vols) of his Description of Egypt	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 34080-88
2	1826-38: Egyptian views and drawings	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 29812-60
3	draft of Description of Egypt	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MS Eng misc d 234
4	archaeological papers, incl drawings, notebooks, notes and corresp	Oxford University: Griffith Institute	Lane MSS	NRA 41260 Lane
5	abstract of the history of Lady Gerrya'nah	Gainsborough's House	LP/II/2	NRA 33367 Gainsborough
6	1841-76: corresp with Joseph Bonomi	Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives	MS Add.9389	NRA 43475
7	1841-58: corresp with George Combe	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	MSS 7309-7393	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
8	1828-50: letters to Robert Hay	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MS Eng lett d 165	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
9	1833-36: letters (26) to the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge	UCL: University College London (UCL) Special Collections	SDUK	NRA 22241 SDUK
10	c1855: draft letters from Sir JG Wilkinson	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MS Wilkinson dep d 63	NRA 42710
11	1841-76: corresp	Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives	Add 8843	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
12	misc letters	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections		See Accessions to Repositories 1966
13	c1820-1849: Album containing a selection of watercolours and drawings created during the periods Lane lived in Egypt between the mid-1820s and the late 1840s	Oxford University: Griffith Institute	(E. W.) Lane MSS 8	See Annual Return 2023