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Papers of James Cossar Ewart
    Correspondence

Edinburgh University Library Special Collections Division

Correspondence

Subseries Summary

Reference Code

GB 0237 James Cossar Ewart Gen. 137/9/6

Date(s)

26 January 1901-20 December 1901

Extent and medium of the unit of description

29

letters

Name of creator

Ewart | James Cossar | 1851-1933 | zoologist and professor of natural history, University of Edinburgh

Biographical History

Biographical History

This correspondence relates to a variety of subjects, including: details of the districts where the Przewalskij horses were originally caught, Experiments in animal inbreeding in the Gardens of the Zoological Gardens, and enquiries about the different science courses from a former pupil.

Scope and Content

Scope and Content

The sub-series of correspondence consists of:

  • 29 letters, chronologically arranged

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