The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
Carpathian minerals in the eighteenth-century Woodwardian collection at Cambridge
Secondary Title (i.e. Proceedings Title): Periodical Title:Journal of the History of Collections Publication Type:article Authors:Kázmér, Miklós Editors: Publisher: Place of Publication: Publication Date:1998 Alternate Date (i.e. Conference Date): Volume:10 Issue:2 Start Page:159 End Page:168 Abstract:The Woodwardian collection of the Sedgwick Museum, University of Cambridge is probably the oldest earth science collection preserved intact in the world. Among its c. 9,400 specimens (1,574 of which are foreign) it holds seventy-five specimens of minerals, fossils and other objects of curiosity derived from the Carpathians. Local collectors and travellers supplied John Woodward (1665–1728), the London physician and naturalist, with the specimens, which he carefully stored, registered in a catalogue and used as evidence in his natural history studies. Although scattered in origin, the Carpathian specimens possibly constitute the oldest surviving mineral collection of the region, originating in the mining districts of Lower Hungary (now Slovakia), in Transylvania (now Romania), and in Hungary proper. The collectors and the localities are identified here. Descriptors/Keywords: ISBN: URL:Documents in Print Item: No Documents Listed in Print Item Attached People: Subject of/in a document - Woodward, John (1 May 1665 or 1668-25 Apr 1728)
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