Re-inventing the Ashmolean. Natural history and natural theology at Oxford in the 1820s to 1850s

Archives of Natural History

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 369-406

  Macgregor, Arthur ^a   Headon, Abigail ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Andrew Bloxam; Ashmolean Museum; history of collecting; J. S. Duncan; P. B. Duncan; William Paley

Indexed keywords

EID: 63249133786     PISSN: 02609541     EISSN: 17556260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3366/anh.2000.27.3.369     Document Type: Article

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