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StorageSiteUCL Special Collections
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Reference Number PEARSON/11/1/13/93
TitleMorant, Geoffrey MacKay
Date1924-1936
DescriptionManuscript. About Morant's experiences as a research student in Paris, referring to the old and new camps of physical anthropologists, the division of these camps between the École d'anthropologie and the Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, on the support given to foreign students by the Bienvenue Français, on getting access to palaeolithic and neolithic skulls for measurement, on taking photos of the older generation of French anthropologists, e.g. Manouvrier, and of skulls, on digs with the University of Lyon at Solutré, expressing sympathy over the death of M S Pearson, on proofs and corrections for papers by his students and colleagues at UCL, regarding papers submitted to Pearson for possible publication in <i>Biometrika</i>, on the donation of Badavian skulls to the Biometric Laboratory by William Flinders Petrie, regarding a paper on New York Jews in collaboration with Dr Samson, the apparent discovery of Richard III's skeleton in Leicester, enclosing four photographs of a family with white locks of hair, and asking for a testimonial in connection with an application to Inspectorate positions with the Board of Education.
Extent31 letters
AccessStatusOpen
AccessConditionsThe papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.
Related MaterialSee PEARSON/11/1/24/79, letters dated 11, 17, and 19 April 1932.
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