Papers of James Arscott Raleigh Bickford
Single Item
MS. Eng. c. 8404, fols. 41-55
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Comprises:
- 'Observations on the distribution and movements of some birds in British coastal waters between Jan 1943 and Jan 1946', handwritten notes, n.d. [1946]
- 'Dates on which woodcock were first seen or shot in the Torrington district of North Devon' (historical data covering the years 1896-1927, 1934-1947), typescript list, 1948
Dates
- Creation: n.d. [1946], 1948
Extent
15 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Eng. c. 8404, fols. 41-55].
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Shelfmark:
MS. Eng. c. 8404, fols. 41-55
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 15221
Abstract
Papers of James Arscott Raleigh Bickford.
Biographical / Historical
James Arscott Raleigh Bickford (1917-2009), consultant psychiatrist and medical superintendent, De La Pole Hospital, East Yorkshire, 1956-1981. Founder member of the East Riding branch of the Campaign for the Protection of Rural England, 1967, and its president, 1991-2006.
For a fuller biography see the BMJ: British Medical Journal, vol. 338, no. 7702, 2 May 2009, p. 1080.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Transferred from the Alexander Library of Ornithology, 2018.
Topical
- Title
- Papers of James Arscott Raleigh Bickford
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by EAD version by Jen Patterson and Marion Lowman
- Date
- 2019
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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