Papers of Sidnie Milana Manton (as filmed by the AJCP) [microform] : [M2842] 1928-1987
- Bib ID:
- 2340234
- Format:
- Manuscript and Microform
- Author:
- Manton, S. M. (Sidnie Milana), 1902-
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Related Online Resources:
- Finding aid at National Library of Australia
- Access Conditions:
- Available for reference.
- Description:
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- Canberra : Australian Joint Copying Project, 1993
- 400 p.
- Summary:
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A. Correspondence. Includes letters from and re Don T. Anderson in support of his career. C. Photographs. Scenes in Australia.
- Biography/History:
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Sidnie Manton was born in London on 4 May 1902, and was educated in Kensington and at St Pauls School. She entered Girton College, Cambridge in 1921, and read for the Natural Sciences Tripos. Sidnie Manton did research at Imperial College, London and then back in Cambridge, where she became University demonstrator in comparative anatomy. She visited Australia in 1928, and spent four months with the Great Barrier Reef expedition at Low Isles. Dr Manton married John P. Harding in 1935, and moved to London soon after. She joined the staff of King's College, London, and became Reader in 1949. During her retirement she worked as an Honourary Associate at the Natural History Museum. She died on 2 January 1979. Sidnie Manton was an authority on the arthropods, and in particular on their embryology, modes of locomotion, feeding, and evolution. Her other passion was the breeding of cats.
- Notes:
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- Australian Joint Copying Project miscellaneous series M2842.
- Also available online https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1126180738
- Original held by the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology Library, Cromwell Road, South Kensington, London SW7 5BD.
- Reproduction:
- Microfilm. South Kensington, London : British Museum (Natural History) : Available from the National Library of Australia, 1993. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- List available (4 p.).
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This belongs to the Miscellaneous Series (Australian Joint Copying Project)..
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