The papers of Emanuel Mendes da Costa
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Country
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GB
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Language of name of institution
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eng
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Contact information: postal address
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38-43 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PE
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Contact information: phone number
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0044 (0)20 7405 3474
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Contact information: email
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archives@rcseng.ac.uk
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Reference number
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MS0401
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Type of reference number
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Archival reference number
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Title (official language of the state)
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The papers of Emanuel Mendes da Costa
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Language of title
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eng
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Creator / accumulator
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Emanuel Mendes da Costa
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Date(s)
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1750/1780
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Language(s)
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eng
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Extent
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6 volumes
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Type of material
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Textual Material
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Physical condition
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Good
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Scope and content
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The papers of Emanuel Mendes da Costa comprise an Index 1772 and a series of Catalogues of Extraneous Fossils.
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Administrative / Biographical history
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Emanuel Mendes da Costa (June 5, 1717 – May 31, 1791) was an English botanist, naturalist, philosopher, and collector of valuable notes and of manuscripts, and of anecdotes of the literati. He was one of the first Jewish Fellows of the Royal Society of London, and became its librarian. He was also a fellow of the Antiquarian Society of London; a member of the Botanic Society in Florence, the Aurelian Society, and the Gentleman's Society at Spalding. His publications included A Natural History of Fossils 1757, Elements of Conchology, or An Introduction to the Knowledge of Shells 1776, British Conchology 1778, and several important papers in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society and other scientific publications.
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Access, restrictions
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Access to researchers by advance appointment with the Archivist.
