Typescripts by G.V.T. Matthews
Single Item
MS. Eng. c. 8413, fols. 1-15
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Contains 3 typescripts:
- 'Preliminary Report on the Homing Experiments carried out from Challochglass, Wigtownshire in 1948', 1948
- 'Preliminary report on homing experiments with seagulls. 1948 and 1949', 1950
- 'Appendix B: Initial bearing and homing performance on each sortie', from Matthew's article 'Individual Experience as a Factor in the Navigation of Manx Shearwaters' ( Auk, 81:2, 1964, pp.132-146), 1964
Dates
- Creation: 1948-1964
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. 8413, fols. 1-2].
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Shelfmark:
MS. Eng. c. 8413, fols. 1-15
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 15339
Abstract
Typescripts by G.V.T. Matthews.
Biographical / Historical
Geoffrey Vernon Townsend Matthews (1923-2013), ornithologist and conservationist. Director of Research and Conservation, 1955–1988, and Deputy Director, 1973–1988, of the Wildfowl Trust, Slimbridge.
For a fuller biography see Who's Who & Who Was Who.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Transferred from the Alexander Library of Ornithology, 2018.
Topical
- Title
- Typescripts by G.V.T. Matthews
- 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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