Guide to the Papers of Sidnie Milana Manton (as filmed by the AJCP), 27 May 1957-09 July 1987

 

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Summary

Collection number:
M2842
Creator:
Manton, Sidnie Milana, 1902-1979
Extent:
35 items
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Acknowledgement of use of this material should refer to the location of the original material and to the Australian Joint Copying Project.

Items from this collection should include references to the location of the original material and to the AJCP nla.obj number, which serves as the online identifier for the digital copy.

Example: M Series: Journal of Capt. James Cook, 18 February 1770, British Library Add. MS 27885 (AJCP ref: http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1234)

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Available
Access conditions:
Available for reference.

Background

Content Summary:
Correspondence with other scientists concerning their work, including R.W. Taylor's appointment as ant taxonomist at CSIRO, and D.T. Anderson's application for Readership at Sydney University. Manton's letters are included. Correspondents include Don T. Anderson and R.W. Taylor.
Biographical / Historical:

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. Sidnie Manton 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.

Reference

Fryer, G. 1980. Sidnie Milana Manton. Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society: 26:327-356.

Access and use

Conditions Governing Access:
Available for Access.
Conditions Governing Use:
Many of the records digitised as part of the AJCP are still in copyright. Readers wishing to publish or reproduce documents should seek permission, in the first instance, from the owner of the original material.
Preferred citation:

Acknowledgement of use of this material should refer to the location of the original material and to the Australian Joint Copying Project.

Items from this collection should include references to the location of the original material and to the AJCP nla.obj number, which serves as the online identifier for the digital copy.

Example: M Series: Journal of Capt. James Cook, 18 February 1770, British Library Add. MS 27885 (AJCP ref: http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1234)

Location of this collection:
Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
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