Wilhelm Friedrich Georg Behn letters, to Dr. Didrichsen, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1855-1869
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Summary
- Creator:
- Behn, Wilhelm Friedrich Georg, 1808-1878
- Abstract:
- 6 letters (ALS). Writes to direct the handling of botanical and zoological specimens collected during a scientific expedition to India and America, made by Behn and Danish scientists on the warship "Galathea". Two letters give an account of the controversy connected to his appointment to the Leopold-Charles' Academy in Dresden.
- Extent:
- 6 items
- Language:
- Materials in German
- Collection ID:
- RL.10252
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- Scope and content:
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6 letters (ALS). Writes to direct the handling of botanical and zoological specimens collected during a scientific expedition to India and America, made by Behn and Danish scientists on the warship "Galathea". Two letters give an account of the controversy connected to his appointment to the Leopold-Charles' Academy in Dresden.
- Biographical / historical:
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German professor of anatomy and zoology, Kiel.
- Acquisition information:
- Source unknown
- Processing information:
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Processed by: Rubenstein Staff
Finding aid derived from MARC record using DukeMARC2EAD-HOMproject.xsl, December 2014
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Forms part of the Trent Manuscripts Collection.
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Wilhelm Friedrich Georg Behn Letters, 1855-1869, to Dr. Didrichsen, Copenhagen, Denmark, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.