Comprises nature diaries.
Dates
- Creation: 1892-1916
Extent
0.45 Linear metres (3 physical shelfmarks)
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. 15472/1, fols. 1-2].
Full range of shelfmarks:
MSS. 15472/1-3
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 15472
Abstract
Papers of the Reverend Samuel Gilbert Scott (1847-1916), churchman and amateur ornithologist
Biographical / Historical
Samuel Gilbert Scott was born in Brighton in 1847. He was educated at Brighton College and Magdalen College, Oxford before entering the church in 1873. Between 1873 and 1892 he held positions in Battersea and Woolwich. From 1892 until his death he was Rector of Havant in Hampshire. He was elected a member of the British Ornithologists' Union in 1907 and made frequent excursions to Scotland to observe birds and for fishing, but he did not contribute to ornithological literature.
Sources:
Anon, 1917. Obituary. Ibis, 59(1), p. 92.
'SCOTT, Rev. Samuel Gilbert', Who was Who, A & C BLack, 1920-2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540891.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-202746?rskey=mn9jiq&result=1 accessed 28 January 2019].
Arrangement
Material arranged as received from the Alexander Library of Ornithology.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Transferred from the Alexander Library of Ornithology, 2018.
- Title
- Catalogue of the papers of the Reverend Samuel Gilbert Scott
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by EAD version by Francesca Alves
- Date
- 2019
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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