Metadata : The papers of Emanuel Mendes Da Costa
Collection
- Country:
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- Holding institution:
- Royal College of Surgeons of England
- Holding institution (official language):
- Royal College of Surgeons of England
- Postal address:
- LondonGreater LondonUnited Kingdom
- Web address:
- https://www.rcseng.ac.uk
- Email:
- Email: archives@rcseng.ac.uk
- Country:
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- Holding institution:
- Royal College of Surgeons of England
- Holding institution (official language):
- Royal College of Surgeons of England
- Postal address:
- LondonGreater LondonUnited Kingdom
- Web address:
- https://www.rcseng.ac.uk
- Email:
- Email: archives@rcseng.ac.uk
- Reference number:
- MS0401
- Title:
- The papers of Emanuel Mendes Da Costa
- Title (official language):
- The papers of Emanuel Mendes Da Costa
- Creator/accumulator:
- Da Costa, Emanuel Mendez, 1717-1791, botanist and naturalist
- Date(s):
- 1750/1780
- Language:
- English
- Extent:
- 6 volumes
- Scope and content:
- This collection consists of an Index 1772 and a series of Catalogues of Extraneous Fossils.
- Administrative/biographical history:
- Emanuel Mendez Da Costa (June 5, 1717 – May 31, 1791) was an English botanist, naturalist, philosopher, and collector of valuable notes and of manuscripts, and of anecdotes of the literati.He was one of the first Jewish Fellows of the Royal Society of London, and became its librarian. He was also a fellow of the Antiquarian Society of London; a member of the Botanic Society in Florence, the Aurelian Society, and the Gentleman's Society at Spalding.His publications included A Natural History of Fossils 1757, Elements of Conchology, or An Introduction to the Knowledge of Shells 1776, British Conchology 1778, and several important papers in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society and other scientific publications.
- Access points: persons/families:
- Mendes da Costa, Emanuel
- Access, restrictions:
- Access to researchers by advance appointment with the Archivist.
- Finding aids:
- Online catalogue.
- Links to finding aids:
- http://surgicat.rcseng.ac.uk/Details/archive/110004712
- Yerusha Network member:
- AIM25
- Reference number:
- MS0401
- Title:
- The papers of Emanuel Mendes Da Costa
- Title (official language):
- The papers of Emanuel Mendes Da Costa
- Creator/accumulator:
- Da Costa, Emanuel Mendez, 1717-1791, botanist and naturalist
- Date(s):
- 1750/1780
- Language:
- English
- Extent:
- 6 volumes
- Scope and content:
- This collection consists of an Index 1772 and a series of Catalogues of Extraneous Fossils.
- Administrative/biographical history:
- Emanuel Mendez Da Costa (June 5, 1717 – May 31, 1791) was an English botanist, naturalist, philosopher, and collector of valuable notes and of manuscripts, and of anecdotes of the literati.He was one of the first Jewish Fellows of the Royal Society of London, and became its librarian. He was also a fellow of the Antiquarian Society of London; a member of the Botanic Society in Florence, the Aurelian Society, and the Gentleman's Society at Spalding.His publications included A Natural History of Fossils 1757, Elements of Conchology, or An Introduction to the Knowledge of Shells 1776, British Conchology 1778, and several important papers in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society and other scientific publications.
- Access points: persons/families:
- Mendes da Costa, Emanuel
- Access, restrictions:
- Access to researchers by advance appointment with the Archivist.
- Finding aids:
- Online catalogue.
- Links to finding aids:
- http://surgicat.rcseng.ac.uk/Details/archive/110004712
- Yerusha Network member:
- AIM25
