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which he formed a large collection, the basis of his "Monograph of the 

 British Stromatoporoids " (Palajontogr. Soc., 1885, 1888, 1890, 1892). 

 It was purchased by the Museum through Mr. F. H. Butler in 1895. 



Nicholson (J. G.) 



Presented Jurassic Ammonites from Somaliland, 1891. 

 Nicol (WILLIAM) [1768-1851] 



The inventor of the Nicol prism was also the first to devise a method 

 of making thin slices of fossils, rocks, and minerals for microscopic exam- 

 ination. 313 slides of fossil wood made by him were purchased from 

 J. Bryson in 1867. 



Noble (JAMES) 



Discovered type-specimen of Holoptychius nobilissimus from Upper 

 OH Pied Sandstone of Perthshire, purchased 1840. 

 Norris (W.) 



Presented bivalve shells from Coal Measures of Newcastle, 1828. 



Northampton (Marquess of) 



Presented Tertiary shells from Italy, 1831. 

 Ogle (JOSEPH B.) 



Mr. Ogle made an important collection of Middle Eocene fossils from 

 Bracklesham Bay. About 1200 specimens, chiefly Mollusca, were selected 

 from his collection and purchased from Mr. Ogle in 1891. 



Owen (Sir RICHARD) 



Many specimens given personally to Sir Richard Owen were presented 

 by him to the Museum. They included the JOHN BROWN Collection 

 (q.v.), specimens of Archegosaurus decheni from Rhenish Prussia (1861), 

 gizzard stones and tracheal rings of Dinornithidae from New Zealand 

 (1870), the skull of Prorastomus sirenoides from Jamaica (1874), the 

 natural cast of a Sirenian brain from the Eocene of Egypt (1875), and the 

 type-tooth of Macacus pliocenus with other Mammalian remains (1884). 



Owles (J. J.) 



Mr. Owles, resident at Great Yarmouth, obtained from the local 

 fishermen a valuable collection of Pleistocene Mammalian bones, dredged 

 off the eastern coast and the Dogger Bank. The collection comprised 

 about 300 specimens and was described by William Da vies (Qeol. Mag. 

 1878). It was purchased by the Museum from Mr. Owles in 1874. 



Palin (F. D.) 



Collected miscellaneous British fossil Invertebrata, purchased 1900. 



Parish (JOHN) 



Presented Mammalian remains from the Pampa of Buenos Ayres, 1865. 



Parker (WILLIAM KITCHEN) [1823-1890] 



While occupied with his early researches on the Foraminifera, Prof. 

 Parker made a small collection of these organisms, recent and fossil. 

 In 1892, 2000 slides mounted by him were purchased from his executor. 



Parkinson (JAMES) [ -1824] 



Parkinson was in practice as a surgeon in Hoxton from 1785, or 

 earlier, to his death. He wrote numerous medical and ]x>litical books, but 



