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NEWB2/557
Title
Oliver, Francis Wall - correspondence
Date(s)
- 1929 - 1941 (Creation)
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0.5 cm, 32 letters
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(23 April 1869 - 7 August 1949)
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Correspondence from Francis Wall Oliver (Professor of Botany, University of Cairo, 1929-1935) relating to botany, gardening and life in Egypt including travel, social life, climate and building a house. Also includes correspondence relating to spartina, the possibility of collecting samples to date the distributiton of plants, Cistus and the extraction of oil and questions for Newberry including relating to botany in ancient Egypt and the tomb of Minna. Also includes sketch of a large cabinet offered to Newberry.
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MSS 34/2-33