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D6959 - Professor Sir Howard Colvin (1919-2007), architectural historian - [20th cent]
2 - Papers relating to other research topics of the late Professor Sir Howard Colvin - 1945-1993
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D6959/2/2
Title
Correspondence, primarily involving Dr. Colvin, and related papers concerning the Egyptologist, Sir John Gardner Wilkinson (1797–1875), Sep 1981 - Nov 1993
Date
1981-1993
Description
Wilkinson's most enduring legacy to scholarship are his notebooks, sketchbooks, and other Egyptological papers. He died in October 1875 while returning from an extended visit to his relatives, the Harpur-Crewes, at their estate, Calke Abbey.
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Derbyshire Record Office
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Professor Sir Howard Colvin (1919-2007), architectural historian
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The sketchbooks, journals and papers of Sir John Gardner Wilkinson are held at Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections and Western Manuscripts (Ref: MSS Wilkinson).
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