MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION


MS 049 – TATE, RALPH (1840-1901)
Microbiologist

Professor Ralph Tate, Fellow of the Geological Society of London (FGS), Fellow of the Linnean Society of London (FLS), was a renowned geologist and botanist, being the Elder Professor of Natural Sciences at the University of Adelaide 1875-1901


Series 1. Newspaper Articles by and about RT

Includes history of Tate from the age of 12 through to his obituaries. 1882-1965


Series 2. Photographs

2 photographs and negatives of the Horn Expedition in 1894, and of the Foundation Members of the Belfast Field Naturalists’ Club, established in 1863


Series 3. Documents re Clarke Memorial Medal Nomination

Documents concerning the compilation of a list of RT’s papers for presentation with nomination for the Royal Society of NSW Clarke Memorial Medal


3/1

Letter to Professor Liversidge concerning compilation of list of papers 31 August 1892


3/2

Nomination form for the Royal Society of New South Wales Clarke Memorial Medal 1892


3/3

Original handwritten copy of RT’s publications list 1860-92


Series 4. Certificates and Testimonials from Various Societies and Offices


4/1

Copies of testimonials in favour of RT as candidate for the office of Professor of Geology in the Yorkshire College of Science 1874


4/2

The Conchological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Certificate of Election of RT as a Correspondent 1868


4/3

Members of RT’s science classes in Belfast, Carrickfergus and Lisburn Certificate of Praise 1863


4/4

Royal Society of New South Wales Certificate of Award of Clarke Memorial Medal 1892


Series 5. Miscellaneous Material

5/1

Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science. “A refutation of the doctrine of homotaxy”. A Presidential Address by Professor Ralph Tate, FGS, Adelaide, SA 1901


5/2

Letter to Baron Ferdinand von Mueller regarding various botanical specimens, May 6, 1884

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