Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- 1849 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
1 manuscript document; 1cm
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Repository
Archival history
It is assumed the document would have been submitted to John Hutton Balfour as part of Sanderson's University Botany course in 1849.
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Content and structure area
Scope and content
Sanderson's Prize essay manuscript, ‘The Origin and Development of the Embryo in Phanerogamous Plants’, submitted in July 1849 as part of his Botany course for his Medical degree at the University of Edinburgh. Sanderson has illustrated the manuscript with pencil illustrations drawn from the microscope.
Impressed by the content, Hutton Balfour deemed it worthy of a prize, with part of the content read at a meeting of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh in February 1850.
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Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Collection is open to researchers by appointment, see (right click, open link in new tab:) https://www.rbge.org.uk/science-and-conservation/library-and-archives/visiting-the-library/
Conditions governing reproduction
Permission required from RBGE.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
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Allied materials area
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Notes area
Note
Box 1 of individual ”S” folders boxed separately
Note
A watermarked scan of the manuscript can be accessed for personal research via our Digital Asset Manager (right click, open link in new tab) https://rbge.resourcespace.com/?r=11212&k=2a7312da7e
Permission is required from RBGE to reproduce the document in any way.
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Name access points
- Balfour, Professor John Hutton (Subject)