VIII.—The Foraminifera of the Red Chalk of Yorkshire, Norfolk, and Lincolnshire

Burrows, H. W.; Sherborn, C. Davies; Bailey, Rev. Geo.

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“…An additional note on the Foraminifera of the London Clay from the Drainage Works in Piccadilly, London ( Sherborn and Chapman 1889 ) was published in the same year as a paper on the London Clay from Sheppey ( Chapman and Sherborn 1889 ). Two papers were written in collaboration with H. W. Burrows ( Burrows et al 1890 ) on the Foraminifera of the Red Chalk of Yorkshire, Norfolk and Lincolnshire and shortly afterwards on the London Clay from Cannon Street rail bridge ( Sherborn and Burrows 1891 , Fig. 2 ).…”

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Sherborn’s foraminiferal studies and their influence on the collections at the Natural History Museum, London

Miller

2016

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Sherborn's work on the Foraminifera clearly provided the initial spark to compile the major indexes for which he is famous. Contact and help from famous early micropalaeontologists such as T. Rupert Jones and Fortescue William Millett led Sherborn to produce his Bibliography of Foraminifera and subsequently a two-part Index of Foraminiferal Genera and Species. Edward Heron-Allen, whose mentor was Millett, was subsequently inspired by the bibliography to attempt to acquire every publication listed. This remarkable collection of literature was donated to the British Museum (Natural History) in 1926 along with the foraminiferal collections Heron-Allen had mainly purchased from early micropalaeontologists. This donation forms the backbone of the current NHM micropalaeontological collections. The NHM collections contain a relatively small amount of foraminiferal material published by Sherborn from the London Clay, Kimmeridge Clay and Speeton Clay. Another smaller collection reflects his longer-term interest in the British Chalk following regular fieldwork with A. W. Rowe. Other collections relating to Sherborn's early published work, particularly with T. R. Jones, are not present in the collections but these collections may have been sold or deposited elsewhere by his co-workers.

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