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Description: | The Herbarium is known to have existed in 1890. A number of important collections were acquired during the 1920s and 1930s and W.H. Burrell was the last official Curator.
The collection today includes about 50,000 European and exotic herbarium sheets representing all the major plant groups collected from all major geographical regions. There are also wood samples, fruit and seed collections.
Named plant collections include those of William Ingham (mosses), the Rev. Willaim Johnson (lichens), Heinr. Sandstede (Cladoni sp.), Canon Bullock-Webster, W.A. Sledge, J.T. Fox and Irene Manton; J.G. Baker, David B. Bartley, John Cryer, Alfred Deseglise (grasses), M.A. Hewitt, F. Houseman, E.F. Linton, Joseph Pickard and Ida Roper (British higher plants); H.G. Baker (USA), Bruins-Lich (St Helena), H. Santopan (India), L.I.Scott (Italy), L.I. Scott and J.H. Priestley (S and E. Africa, St Helena), J.H. Priestly (Ireland), W.A. Sledge (New Zealand, Madeira, Ceylon, w. Samoa), J.W. White (Europe), L.R. Wilson (USA), T.W. Woodhead (Europe) and H.W. Woolhouse (Zaire).
Pathology collection of 3000 human tissue and organ historical specimens used for teaching
300 anatomical specimens, including organs and sections in formalin and dry specimens. There are also casts of body parts and wax models. All the specimens are historical, a notable example being the skeleton of Mary Bateman.
The Collections are composed of a Herbarium, a Zoological Museum and extensive entomological, palaeobotanical, microscopical and lantern slide collections.
The zoological collections date from the foundation of the Biology Department in 1875. The worldwide vertebrate collections include fish (spirit, skeletal and fossils), amphibia (spirit and skeletal), reptiles (skins, spirit and skeletal), birds (skulls, skeletal and wings) and mammals (skulls, articulated skeletons, taxidermic and many disarticulated bones). The entomological collections number in excess of 10,000 European and exotic specimens and represent all orders, including several named personal collections. Other invertebrate groups are well represented, mostly in spirit.
The botanical collections date from around 1890 with many important collections acquired in the 1920s and 1930s. The herbarium contains approximately 50,000 European and exotic herbarium sheets representing all the major plant groups, together with wood samples, fruit and seed collections, L. Kny's botanical lithographs and many palaeobotanical specimens (notably those collected by A. Wesley). Important named plant collections include the Rev. William Johnson (lichens), W.A. Sledge and Irene Manton (ferns), and Ida Roper (British higher plants).
The Pathology collection consists of over 3,000 human tissue and organ samples, all historical specimens. There are also associated clinical records. The specimens are examples of abnormalities and are used extensively for teaching.
The Anatomy collection consists of around 300 anatomical specimens, including organs and sections in formalin and dry specimens. There are also casts of body parts and wax models. All the specimens are historical, a notable example being the skeleton of Mary Bateman.
The Herbarium is known to have existed in 1890. A number of important collections were acquired during the 1920s and 1930s and W.H. Burrell was the last official Curator.
The collection today includes about 50,000 European and exotic herbarium sheets representing all the major plant groups collected from all major geographical regions. There are also wood samples, fruit and seed collections.
Named plant collections include those of William Ingham (mosses), the Rev. Willaim Johnson (lichens), Heinr. Sandstede (Cladoni sp.), Canon Bullock-Webster, W.A. Sledge, J.T. Fox and Irene Manton; J.G. Baker, David B. Bartley, John Cryer, Alfred Deseglise (grasses), M.A. Hewitt, F. Houseman, E.F. Linton, Joseph Pickard and Ida Roper (British higher plants); H.G. Baker (USA), Bruins-Lich (St Helena), H. Santopan (India), L.I.Scott (Italy), L.I. Scott and J.H. Priestley (S and E. Africa, St Helena), J.H. Priestly (Ireland), W.A. Sledge (New Zealand, Madeira, Ceylon, w. Samoa), J.W. White (Europe), L.R. Wilson (USA), T.W. Woodhead (Europe) and H.W. Woolhouse (Zaire).
Zoological Museum
The Zoological collections date from the foundation of the Biology Department in 1875, though the first documented entry was made in 1898 and a dedicated Zoology Museum established in 1908. The worldwide vertebrate collections include fish - the origins of which came from the Wheelhouse Collections of the old Medical School -, amphibia, reptiles, birds and mammals.
Other invertebrate groups (see below for entomology) are well represented and include a large collection of marine specimens from Naples (1936) together with material from the Discovery expedition of the 1920s.
Entomology Collection
There are more than 10,000 insect specimens. They include named personal collections of Diptera (R.H. Meade), Lepidoptera (J.W.Boult and A.H.Clarke) and several other insect orders (M.Sykes).
Palaeobotanical Collection
A substantial collection of fossilized plant remains, the most important having been collected by A.Wesley from the North Yorkshire Jurassic Beds and the Indian 'Upper Gondwanas'.
Microscopical and lantern slides
Substantial numbers of slides as yet unclassified.
Botanical prints
A collection of botanical prints, as yet uncatalogued.
For more information about the collections and their history go to the School of Biology Museum | Subjects: | Reptiles Amphibia Zoology Mammals Fossils Fish Birds Skeleton Biology | Source: | Cornucopia - Discovering UK Collections | FAX: | Fax: 0113 34 35561(mark for Attn: University Galle | Telephone: | 0113 34 32777 | Identifier: | oai:www.cornucopia.org.uk:1133 | Go to resource |
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