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Thomas Davies (Natural History Museum Archives DF33/12, Mineralogy Department Photograph Collection, 1870-1980).

Thomas Davies (Natural History Museum Archives DF33/12, Mineralogy Department Photograph Collection, 1870-1980).

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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 ni...

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... Davies (1837-1892), William's son (Figure 3), was an assistant in the Department of Mineralogy of the British Museum from 1858 to 1892, and was elected a Fellow of the Geological Society in 1870. He became an excellent mineralogist, acquiring a remarkable knowledge of characters distinctive of localities, as well as conducting admirable work in the microscopic investigation of rocks and editing the Mineralogical Magazine. ...
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... Davies (1837-1892), William's son (Figure 3), was an assistant in the Department of Mineralogy of the British Museum from 1858 to 1892, and was elected a Fellow of the Geological Society in 1870. He became an excellent mineralogist, acquiring a remarkable knowledge of characters distinctive of localities, as well as conducting admirable work in the microscopic investigation of rocks and editing the Mineralogical Magazine. ...

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