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Reference - SLS/D26/7
Extent - 2 files
Calm Format - Document
Scope
"Series contains: Thorn's biographical research on George Dennis (Consul of Benghazi 1863) and copies of correspondence between George Dennis and the British Museum."
Biographical history
"In 1863 Lord Russel of the Foreign Office, and trustee of the British Museum, appointed George Dennis to the vice-consulship at Benghazi, placing him, as he wrote in a letter to Panizzi of 8th December: 'in a position to explore the cities and cemeteries of the Cyrenaica, with the view of enriching the national Museum' with his discoveries.", Source: James Copland Thorn, "The Necropolis of Cyrene: Two Hundred Years of Exploration", (L\'erma di Bretschneider, 2005).'
Notes - Catalogued, Access by appointment. Letter of introduction required.
Former Reference - D26/7; Reference - SLS/D26/7;
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