Comprises photographs and negatives.
Dates
- Creation: 1927-1947
Extent
0.44 Linear metres (4 physical shelfmarks)
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. 15566 Photogr. 1].
Full range of shelfmarks:
MSS. 15566 Photogr. 1-4
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 15566
Abstract
Additional papers of Captain Mark Taylor (fl. 1927-1947), naval officer and ornithologist
Biographical / Historical
Captain Mark Taylor, OBE was a Royal Navy Officer and ornithologist. He seems to have been stationed in Aden, Hong Kong and China in the 1920s and 1930s. In 1946 he was in New Zealand, assisting the New Zealand Navy in the training of senior officers, and while there took the opportunity to study the birds of that country.
Arrangement
Arranged by format, then by date
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Transferred from the Alexander Library of Ornithology, 2018.
- Title
- Catalogue of additional papers of Captain Mark Taylor, R.N.
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Francesca Alves
- Date
- 2019
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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