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Organisations (11)
- Ashmolean Natural History Society of Oxfordshire Oxfordshire;Oxfordshire
- Norwich Entomological Society Norwich, Norfolk
- Oxford Microscopical Society Oxford, Oxfordshire
- Oxford Natural History Society Oxford, Oxfordshire
- Oxford University Entomological Society Oxford, Oxfordshire
- Oxford University Museum of Natural History Oxford, Oxfordshire
- Oxford University Science Departments Social Club Oxford, Oxfordshire
- Radcliffe Observatory, Oxford Oxford, Oxfordshire
- Royal Geographical Society London
- Royal Society of London London
- Society of London Entomologists London
Persons (267)
- Abbot, Charles, (1761-1817), botanist
- Acland, Henry Wentworth, (1815-1900), 1st Baronet physician
- Andrewes, Herbert Edward, (1863-1950), entomologist
- Arkell, William Joscelyn, (1904-1958), Geologist
- Atwell, Joseph, (c 1696-1768), Canon of Westminster
- Bagnall, Richard Siddoway, (1889-1962), entomologist
- Balfour, Sir Isaac Bayley, (1853-1922), Knight, botanist
- Barker, Thomas Vipond, (1881-1931), curator of the Bodleian, mineralogist
- Barrow, Sir John, (1764-1848), 1st Baronet Secretary of the Admiralty Travel Writer
- Basden, Eric Bernard, (1913-1984), bibliographer and antiquary Farnham Royal, Buckinghamshire
- Bate, Charles Spence, (1819-1889), Scientific Writer
- Bates, Henry Walter, (1825-1892), naturalist
- Bateson, William, (1861-1926), biologist
- Bather, Francis Arthur, (1863-1934), Geologist
- Beche, Sir Henry Thomas de la, (1796-1855), Knight, geologist
- Beddard, Frank Evers, (1858-1926), zoologist
- Bell, Thomas, (1792-1880), dental surgeon and zoologist
- Berkeley, Miles Joseph, (1803-1889), Mycologist
- Blood, Bagot, (1882-1948), entomologist
- Bloomfield, Edwin Newson, (1827-1914), Rector of Guestling Botanist
- Bowman, Herbert Lister, (1874-1942), mineralogist
- Brodie, Peter Bellinger, (1815-1897), Anglican clergyman, geologist
- Brogden, James, (c 1765-1842), MP for Launceston
- Brown, Eric Septimus, (1912-1972), entomologist
- Brown, Henry Rowland, (1865-1922), entomologist
- Brown, Robert, (1773-1858), botanist
- Browne, John Cave, (1818-1898), vicar and antiquary Detling, Kent
- Buckland, William, (1784-1856), Dean of Westminster, geologist
- Buckton, George Bowdler, (1818-1905), Entomologist
- Burchell, William John, (1781-1863), explorer and naturalist
- Burdon-Sanderson, Sir John Scott, (1828-1905), 1st Baronet, physiologist
- Burr, Malcolm, (1878-1954), Writer and Translator
- Campbell, John, (1755-1821), 1st Baron Cawdor, politician
- Cantor, Theodore Edward, (1809-1854), Zoologist
- Carpenter, Geoffrey Douglas Hale, (1882-1953), entomologist
- Carr, John Wesley, (1862-1939), biologist
- Champion, George Charles, (1851-1927), entomologist
- Champion, Sir Harry George, (1891-1979), Knight, Indian Forest Service Professor of Forestry
- Champion, John George, (1815-1854), Botanist
- Chapman, Thomas Algernon, (1842-1921), amateur entomologist
- Children, John George, (1777-1852), Scientist
- Church, Sir Arthur Herbert, (1834-1915), Knight, chemist
- Claridge, John, (fl 1785-1829), surveyor
- Clark, Edgar James, (d 1945), entomologist
- Clark, Hamlet, (1823-1867), Anglican clergyman, entomologist
- Clifton, Robert Bellamy, (1836-1921), Professor of Experimental Philosophy at Oxford
- Coffin, Sir Edward Pine, (1784-1862), Commissary General
- Collin, James Edward, (1876-1968), Entomologist
- Collins, Joseph Joynson, (1865-1942), entomologist
- Couch, Jonathan, (1789-1870), naturalist
- Cowan, William Deans, (1844-1924), Missionary and Botanist
- Cox, Keith Gordon, (1933-1998), geologist
- Crawford, Frazer, (1829-1890), entomologist
- Crawley, Walter Cecil, (fl 1898-1930), Entomologist
- Crawshay, Richard, (1739-1810), ironmaster
- Cunningham, John, (fl 1838-1842), geologist
- Curtis, John, (1791-1862), entomologist
- Dale, Charles William, (1852-1906), Entomologist
- Dale, James Charles, (1791-1872), Entomologist
- Darwin, Charles Robert, (1809-1882), naturalist
- Darwin, Sir Francis, (1848-1925) knight, botanist
- Daubeny, Charles Giles Bridle, (1795-1867), chemist and botanist
- Dawkins, Sir William Boyd, (1837-1929), Knight, geologist, palaeontologist and antiquary
- Day, Cyril Douglas, (1885-1968), Physician and Naturalist Dorchester, Dorset
- Denny, Henry, (1803-1871), Entomologist
- Dickins, Frederick Victor, (1838-1915), Orientalist and University Administrator
- Dixey, Frederick Augustus, (1856-1934), Physiologist
- Donisthorpe, Horace St John Kelly, (1870-1951), Entomologist
- Donnelly, Sir John Fretcheville Dykes, (1834-1902), Knight Major General
- Donovan, Charles, (1863-1951), physiologist
- Donovan, Edward, (1768-1837), zoologist
- Doubleday, Edward, (1811-1849), Quaker and entomologist
- Doubleday, Henry, (1808-1875), Entomologist and Ornithologist
- Douglas, James Archibald, (1884-1978), geologist
- Druce, Herbert, (1846-1913), entomologist
- Drury, Dru, (1725-1803), Naturalist
- Eaton, Alfred Edwin, (1844-1929), Vicar of Shepton Montague Entomologist
- Edelston, Robert Smith, (c 1819-1872), entomologist
- Edmonds, James Marmaduke, (1909-1982), Geologist and Historian
- Edwardes, Sir Herbert Benjamin, (1819-1868), Knight Indian Administrator
- Edwards, Frederick Wallace, (1888-1940), entomologist
- Eltringham, Harry, (1873-1941), Entomologist
- Farey, John, (1766-1826), Geologist
- Ffennell, Denzil Walter Hugh, (d 1977), entomologist
- Fisher, Sir Ronald Aylmer, (1890-1962), Knight Geneticist
- Fleming, John, (1785-1857), naturalist and Free Church of Scotland minister
- Flower, Sir William Henry, (1831-1899), Knight Zoologist
- Forbes, William Trowbridge Merrifield, (1885-1968), entomologist
- Ford, Edmund Brisco, (1901-1988), geneticist
- Foster, Sir Michael, (1836-1907), Knight, physiologist and politician
- Fowler, William Weekes, (1849-1923), Anglican clergyman, naturalist and author
- Fraser, Frederick Charles, (1880-1963), entomologist
- Galton, Sir Francis, (1822-1911), Knight, eugenist, meteorologist, psychologist
- Gaskell, Walter Holbrook, (1847-1914), physiologist
- Geldart, William Martin, (1870-1922), Professor of Law
- Gibson, William Sidney, (1814-1871), author and antiquary
- Godman, Frederick Ducane, (1834-1919), Zoologist
- Goffe, Edward Rivenhall, (1887-1952), entomologist
- Gorham, Henry Stephen, (1839-1920), Entomologist
- Gosse, Philip Henry, (1810-1888), zoologist
- Gotch, Francis, (1853-1913), physiologist
- Green, Alexander Henry, (1833-1896), geologist
- Grey, Thomas de, (1843-1919), 6th Baron Walsingham, zoologist
- Groom, Theodore, (1863-1943), Geologist
- Gunther, Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf, (1830-1914), Zoologist
- Haliday, Alexander Henry, (1806-1870), naturalist
- Hampson, Sir George Francis, (1860-1936), 10th Baronet Entomologist
- Hanitsch, Karl Richard, (1860-1940), entomologist
- Harrison, John Vernon, (1892-1972), Geologist
- Harwood, Bernard Smith, (1876-1933), entomologist
- Harwood, Philip, (1882-1957), Entomologist
- Haworth, Adrian Hardy, (1767-1833), Naturalist
- Hearsey, Sir John Bennett, (1793-1865), Knight Major General
- Henslow, John Stevens, (1796-1861), botanist and Church of England clergyman
- Herdman, Sir William Abbott, (1858-1924), Knight, marine biologist
- Heslop-Harrison, John William, (1881-1967), Botanist
- Hewitson, William Chapman, (1806-1878), Naturalist
- Highton, Edward, (1817-1859), engineer
- Hingston, Richard William George, (1887-1966), naturalist and explorer
- Holme, Frederick William, (d 1853), Anglican clergyman
- Hooker, Sir William Jackson, (1785-1865), Knight, botanist Norwich, Norfolk
- Hope, Frederick William, (1797-1862), Entomologist
- Horsfield, Thomas, (1773-1859), Naturalist
- Howes, Thomas George Bond, (1853-1905), zoologist
- Hubner, Jacob, (1761-1826), Entomologist
- Image, Selwyn, (1849-1930), Artist
- Jackson, Thomas Herbert Elliot, (1903-1968), entomologist
- Jones, William, (d 1818), Entomologist
- Jourdain, Francis Charles Robert, (1865-1940), Zoologist
- Kent-Lemon, Arthur Leslie, (1889-1970), Brigadier, amateur entomologist
- Kidd, John, (1775-1851), Physician
- Kirby, William, (1759-1850), Rector of Barham Entomologist
- Kirby, William Forsell, (1844-1912), entomologist and folklorist
- Lamborn, William Alfred Stedwell, (1877-1960), entomologist
- Lampel, George Peter, (1935-1961), entomologist
- Lang, William Dickson, (1878-1966), Geologist and Entomologist
- Lankester, Sir Edwin Ray, (1847-1929), Knight, zoologist
- Latreille, Pierre Andre, (1762-1833), Entomologist
- Lee, John Edward, (1808-1887), antiquary and geologist
- Longstaff, George Blundell, (1849-1921), Physician Social Reformer and Entomologist
- Loudon, John Claudius, (1783-1843), landscape gardener and horticultural writer
- Lubbock, John, (1834-1913), 1st Baron Avebury, politician
- Lucas, William John, (1858-1932), Entomologist
- Lyell, Sir Charles, (1797-1875), 1st Baronet, geologist
- Macray, John, (1796-1878), librarian
- Marshall, Arthur Milnes, (1852-1893), Zoologist
- Marshall, Sir Guy Anstruther Knox, (1871-1959), entomologist
- Marshall, Thomas Ansell, (1827-1903), headmaster
- McLachlan, Robert, (1837-1904), Entomologist
- Meldola, Raphael, (1849-1915), Chemist
- Meyrick, Edward, (1854-1938), Entomologist
- Miers, John, (1789-1879), Engineer and Botanist
- Mivart, St George Jackson, (1827-1900), Biologist
- Molyneux, William Philip, (1772-1838), 2nd Earl of Sefton
- Moore, Frederic, (1830-1907), Entomologist
- Morgan, Conwy Lloyd, (1852-1936), comparative psychologist and philosopher
- Morice, Francis David, (1849-1929), Classical Scholar and Entomologist
- Morley, Claude, (1874-1951), entomologist and antiquary
- Morris, Francis Orpen, (1810-1893), Naturalist
- Morton, Kenneth, (1858-1940), entomologist
- Moseley, Henry Nottidge, (1844-1891), Naturalist
- Muller, Hugo, (1833-1915), chemist
- Murchison, Sir Roderick Impey, (1792-1871), 1st Baronet geologist
- Murie, James, (1832-1925), Naturalist
- Murray, Andrew, (1812-1878), Naturalist
- Murray, Sir John, (1841-1914), Knight, naturalist and oceanographer
- Newman, Edward, (1801-1876), Botanist
- Oakley, Kenneth Page, (1911-1981), Anthropologist and Geologist
- Oates, Charles George, (1844-1902), barrister
- Odling, William, (1829-1921), chemist
- O'Mahony, Eugene, (1899-1951), Entomologist
- Ormerod, Eleanor Anne, (1828-1901), Entomologist
- Owen, Sir Richard, (1804-1892), Knight, comparative anatomist and palaeontologist
- Parfitt, Edward, (1820-1892), naturalist
- Parker, James, (1833-1912), Geologist
- Parker, William Newton, (d 1923), zoologist
- Pascoe, Francis Polkingthorne, (1813-1893), Entomologist
- Pearce, Ethel Katherine, (1856-1940), entomologist and antiquary Dorset
- Perkins, Robert Cyril Layton, (1866-1955), entomologist
- Phillips, John, (1800-1874), geologist
- Pickard-Cambridge, Sir Arthur William, (1873-1952), Knight Classical Scholar
- Pickard-Cambridge, Frederick Octavius, (1861-1905), entomologist
- Pickard-Cambridge, Octavius, (1828-1917), Entomologist
- Plumptre, Frederick Charles, (c1796-1870), Master of University College, Oxford
- Porter, Mary Winnearls, (1886-1981), mineralogist
- Poulton, Sir Edward Bagnall, (1856-1943), Knight Zoologist
- Prestwich, Sir Joseph, (1812-1896), Knight, geologist
- Price, Bartholomew, (1818-1898), Master of Pembroke College Oxford, mathematician
- Quetelet, Lambert Adolphe Jacques, (1796-1874), Belgian mathematician and astronomer
- Richardson, Benjamin, (c 1759-1832), Anglican clergyman
- Riley, Charles Valentine, (1843-1895), American farmer and entomologist
- Riley, Norman Denbigh, (1890-1979), Entomologist
- Rolleston, George, (1829-1881), physician, zoologist and archaeologist
- Romanes, George John, (1848-1894), scientist
- Roscoe, Sir Henry Enfield, (1833-1915), Knight, chemist
- Rothney, George Alexander James, (1849-1922), entomologist
- Royle, John Forbes, (1799-1858), Surgeon and Naturalist
- Rucker, Sir Arthur William, (1848-1915), Knight physicist
- Salter, John William, (1820-1869), geologist
- Salvin, Osbert, (1835-1898), Naturalist
- Saunders, Edward, (1848-1910), Entomologist
- Saunders, Sir Sydney Smith, (1809-1884), Knight, diplomat
- Saunders, William Wilson, (1809-1879), entomologist
- Sclater, Philip Lutley, (1829-1913), zoologist
- Sedgwick, Adam, (1785-1873), geologist
- Sharp, David, (1840-1922), Entomologist
- Shelford, Robert Walter Campbell, (1872-1912), Naturalist
- Sidgwick, Arthur, (1840-1920), Classical Scholar
- Sidgwick, Nevil Vincent, (1873-1952), Chemist
- Simon, Sir Francis Eugene, (1893-1956), Knight, physicist
- Simpson, Harold, (1876-1974), mathematician
- Sims, Richard, (1816-1898), Archivist
- Smith, Frederick, (1805-1879), entomologist
- Smith, Herbert Huntingdon, (1851-1919), entomologist
- Smith, William, (1769-1839), geologist and engineer
- Smith, William George Pogson, (1863-1907), entomologist
- Sollas, William Johnson, (1849-1936), geologist
- Southwood, Thomas Richard Edmund, (1931-2005), Knight, zoologist
- Spence, William, (1783-1860), entomologist
- Spiller, Reginald Charles, (1887-1954), mineralogist
- Spooner, Guy Malcolm, (1907-1989), zoologist
- Stainton, Henry Tibbats, (1822-1892), Entomologist
- Stephens, James Francis, (1792-1852), entomologist
- Stewart, Charles, (1840-1907), anatomist
- Stockley, Charles Hugh, (1882-1955), Lieutenant Colonel
- Swainson, William, (1789-1855), naturalist and artist
- Swynnerton, Charles Francis Massy, (1877-1938), Entomologist
- Talbot, Edward Stuart, (1844-1934), Bishop of Winchester
- Talbot, George, (1882-1952), entomologist
- Templeton, Robert, (1802-1892), entomologist
- Thiselton-Dyer, Sir William Turner, (1843-1928), Knight, botanist
- Thomas, Oldfield, (1858-1929), naturalist
- Thwaites, George Henry Kendrick, (1811-1882), Botanist and Entomologist
- Tomes, Sir Charles Sissmore, (1846-1928), dental surgeon
- Townsend, Joseph, (1739-1816), geologist
- Trevithick, Richard, (1771-1833), engineer
- Trimen, Roland, (1840-1916), Entomologist
- Tufton, Sackville, (1769-1825), 9th Earl of Thanet
- Tylor, Sir Edward Burnett, (1832-1917), Knight Anthropologist
- Varley, George Copley, (1910-1983), Zoologist
- Vaughan, Arthur, (1868-1915), Geologist
- Verrall, George Henry, (1848-1911), entomologist
- Vines, Sydney Howard, (1849-1934), botanist
- Wager, Lawrence Rickard, (1904-1965), Geologist
- Walford, Edwin, (d 1924), Geologist
- Walker, Francis, (1809-1874), Entomologist
- Walker, Francis Augustus, (1841-1905), entomologist
- Walker, John James, (1851-1939), entomologist
- Wallace, Alfred Russel, (1823-1913), naturalist
- Ward, Harry Marshall, (1854-1906), botanist
- Waterhouse, Charles Owen, (1843-1917), Entomologist
- Waterhouse, George Robert, (1810-1888), naturalist
- Waters, Edwin George Ross, (1890-1930), Professor of Romance Languages Entomologist
- Watson, White, (1760-1835), geologist
- Webb, Edward, (fl 1770-1819), surveyor
- Weir, John Jenner, (1822-1894), naturalist
- Wells, Dymoke, (1772-1832), claimant to the Barony of Marmion
- Westwood, John Obadiah, (1805-1893), Entomologist Antiquary
- Whittaker, Eric, (b 1921), mineralogist
- Williams, Carrington Bonsor, (1889-1981), entomologist
- Wills, Harry Barclay, (1877-1962), Topographer Naturalist Artist
- Wilson, James, (1795-1856), zoologist
- Wollaston, Thomas Vernon, (1822-1878), entomologist and conchologist
- Woodward, Benjamin, (1815-1861), architect
- Woollatt, Leighton Hall, (1905-1974), entomologist
- Yerbury, John, (1804-1858), Entomologist
- Yerbury, John William, (1847-1927), entomologist
Families (2)
- Pickard-Cambridge family of Bloxworth Bloxworth, Dorset;Charminster, Dorset;Poxwell, Dorset;Wolfeton House, Dorset;Saul, Gloucestershire
- Pine-Coffin family of Portledge Portledge, Devon;Alwington, Devon;Northam, Devon
Paper catalogues available to view at The National Archives - (11)
- NRA 43879 William Joscelyn Arkell, geologist: corresp and papers
- NRA 24520 William Joscelyn Arkell, geologist: papers
- NRA 42502 William Buckland, Dean of Westminster, geologist: corresp and papers
- NRA 43551 Keith Gordon Cox, geologist: corresp and papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 42126 James Marmaduke Edmonds, geologist: corresp and papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 42538 Oxford University Museum of Natural History
- NRA 42536 Oxford University Museum of Natural History: geological, mineralogical and zoological MSS
- NRA 42507 Oxford University Museum of Natural History: Hope entomological MSS
- NRA 42482 John Phillips, geologist: corresp and papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 42540 William Smith, geologist and engineer: corresp and papers
- NRA 13901 Lawrence Rickard Wager, geologist: corresp and papers