Catalogue description British Museum (Natural History): Department of Palaeontology: Fossil Brachiopoda Section: correspondence and papers
This record is held by Natural History Museum Library and Archives
Reference: | DF 124 |
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Title: | British Museum (Natural History): Department of Palaeontology: Fossil Brachiopoda Section: correspondence and papers |
Description: |
This series consists almost entirely of the scientific papers of Miss Helen Marguerite Muir-Wood. Series held at The Natural History Museum are catalogued more fully in its online catalogue (reference DF PAL/124). Online descriptions of some individual records can also be viewed on Discovery, see DF 124. |
Date: | 1907-1972 |
Arrangement: |
Files and loose papers are listed first, in chronological order where possible, and are followed by notebooks. |
Held by: | Natural History Museum Library and Archives, not available at The National Archives |
Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
Language: | English |
Creator: |
Helen Marguerite Muir- Wood, 1895-1968 |
Physical description: | 45 file(s) |
Access conditions: | Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated |
Custodial history: | The series was transferred to the archives in 1992. |
Publication note: |
Proceedings of the Geologists Association, Helen Marguerite Muir-Wood, 80:122-124 |
Administrative / biographical background: |
Helen Marguerite Muir-Wood studied geology at Bedford College, and carried out post-graduate research on Palaeozoic brachiopod faunas at University College with Professor Garwood. She first worked at the Museum in 1919, being made Part-time Assistant in charge of the Brachiopoda in 1923. She became a full-time member of staff in 1936, and Deputy-Keeper in 1955. Muir-Wood first studied the Productid and Chonetid brachiopods, moving on to other fossil groups over the years, and making contributions to the study of living brachiopods as well. She was a leading contributor to the brachiopod volume of the 'Treatise on Invertebrate Palaeontology'. |
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