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    Professional fossil preparators at the British Museum (Natural History), 1843-1990*

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    Authors
    Graham, M cc
    Editors
    Reichenbach, H
    Issue date
    2019-10-01
    Submitted date
    2019-10-03
    Subject Terms
    palaeontology
    fossils
    museum specimens
    
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    Abstract
    Since the inception of the British Museum (Natural History) in 1881 (now the Natural History Museum, London), the collection, development and mounting of fossils for scientific study and public exhibition have been undertaken by fossil preparators. Originally known as masons, because of their rock-working skills, their roles expanded in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, when, at the forefront of the developing science of palaeontology, the Museum was actively obtaining fossil material from the UK and abroad to build the collections. As greater numbers of more impressive specimens were put on public display, these preparators developed new and better methods to recover and transport fossils from the field, and technical improvements, in the form of powered tools, enabled more detailed mechanical preparation to be undertaken. A recurring theme in the history of palaeontological preparation has been that sons often followed in their fathers’ footsteps in earth sciences. William and Thomas Davies, Caleb and Frank Barlow, and Louis and Robert Parsons were all father-and-son geologists and preparators.
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    Professional fossil preparators at the British Museum (Natural History), 1843–1990 Mark R. Graham Archives of Natural History 2019 46:2, 253-264
    Publisher
    Edinburgh University Press
    Journal
    Archives of Natural History
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10141/622579
    DOI
    10.3366/anh.2019.0589
    Type
    Journal Article
    Item Description
    This document is the author’s final accepted version of the journal article. You are advised to consult the published version if you wish to cite from it. https://www.euppublishing.com/doi/10.3366/anh.2019.0589
    ISSN
    0260-9541
    EISSN
    1755-6260
    ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
    10.3366/anh.2019.0589
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