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In 1862, he presented a few invertebrates from Thornley Quarry, Chipping, 

 including two figured specimens of Orthoceras. In 1864, he presented 

 the type of Amphoracrinus brevicalix (Geol. Mag., Jan., 1865), and in 

 1865, 50 specimens of Crinoids and Blastoids in illustration of his paper 

 published the same year. Crinoids figured and described in 1869 and 1873, 

 together with other Carboniferous fossils, over 1500 in all, were presented 

 by him two months before his death, after which the rest of his collection 

 of Palaeozoic fossils was presented by his executors. Many of the 

 Crinoids bear the marks of his study in the form of plates picked out 

 with paint ; but there are no individual labels. 



Eowe (ARTHUR WALTON) 



Presented Invertebrata from English Chalk, 1899. 



Rowley (ROBERT R.) 



Professor of Geology at Louisiana, Mo., Mr. Rowley has published 

 papers on Blastoidea in the Kansas City Scientist (1891), and in the 

 American Geologist (1893-1902). In 1894 the Museum purchased from 

 him 16 Blastoids from Louisiana, ranking in some cases as metatypes. 



Royal Society of London 



Presented its collection of "natural and artificial curiosities," 1781. 

 Among these were the original specimen of Steneosaurus cJiapmani from 

 the Whitby Lias, originally described by Chapman in Phil. Trans., 1758 ; 

 a Plesiosaur from the Lias of Elston, Newark, described by Stukeley 

 in Phil. Trans., 1719 ; and a tooth ot Mastodon, described in Grew's 

 " Catalogue of Rarities in Greshatn College," 1681. 



Rufford (PHILIP JAMES) [1852-1902] 



On coming to reside at Hastings, Rufford devoted himself to collecting 

 fossils from the Wealden strata of the neighbourhood, especially at 

 Ecclesbourne and Fairlight. Here he obtained a fine collection of 

 Wealden plants, some of which were presented by him to the British 

 Museum in 1885, while others were purchased at nominal valuations in 

 1890, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894, and 1898. These were described in 

 Mr. A. C. Seward's " Catalogue of Wealden Plants," published by the 

 Trustees in 1893, 1894, and 1895. Attached to many of the specimens 

 were labels pointing out features of interest, and these greatly assisted 

 the describer. Some of the above-mentioned purchases included various 

 Wealden fossils, both vertebrate and invertebrate, among which should 

 be mentioned the vertebra of Morosaurus brevis figured by Mr. Lydekker 

 (Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc., 1893), and a head of Lepidotus mantelli, 

 figured in the "Catal. Foss. Fishes B. M.," Part iii. Other specimens 

 were presented by Rufford to the Brassey Institute, Hastings. 



Rutland (Duke of) 



Presented type-specimen of Plesiosaur us rugosus from the Lower Lias 

 of Gran by, 1840; a specimen of Stigmaria ficoides from Coal Measures 

 near Nottingham, 1847. 



Saemann (Louis) [1821-1866] 



Having for about ten years served in the well-known establishment 

 of Dr. Krantz at Bonn, Saemann in 1850 set up for himself as a dealer 

 in Paris. He published important papers on stratigraphical palaeontology, 

 especially of Mesozoic rocks. Among the numerous important collections 

 bought from Saemann between 1853 and 1870, mostly from the Mesozoic 



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