Kirk, John, Sir, Knight (consul general at Zanzibar)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1832 - 1922
Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:
Appointments, awards and honours., 1857-1902.
Series
Identifier: Acc.9942/49-50
Scope and Contents
Item 50 not received by National Library of Scotland.
Dates:
1857-1902.
Copies of papers from other sources: correspondence., 1858-1897, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.9942/55-61
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Papers of Sir John Kirk GCMG KCB (1832-1922), physician, administrator, naturalist, photographer, and Lady Kirk, née Helen Cooke (d.1914).John Kirk was born at Barry in Forfarshire in 1832. After qualifying as a doctor in 1854, he volunteered for medical service in the Crimea and subsequently became Dr. David Livingstone's chief assistant on his second Zambesi Expedition, 1858-1863. In 1866 Kirk was appointed Medical Officer and Vice-Consul of Zanzibar. He became Assistant...
Dates:
1858-1897, undated.
Copies of papers from other sources: miscellaneous family papers of John Kirk, father of Sir John Kirk; published works about and by John Kirk; photographs taken by John Kirk., 1856-1973.
Series
Identifier: Acc.9942/62-65
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Papers of Sir John Kirk GCMG KCB (1832-1922), physician, administrator, naturalist, photographer, and Lady Kirk, née Helen Cooke (d.1914).John Kirk was born at Barry in Forfarshire in 1832. After qualifying as a doctor in 1854, he volunteered for medical service in the Crimea and subsequently became Dr. David Livingstone's chief assistant on his second Zambesi Expedition, 1858-1863. In 1866 Kirk was appointed Medical Officer and Vice-Consul of Zanzibar. He became Assistant...
Dates:
1856-1973.
Diaries and notebooks of John Kirk and Helen Kirk., 1858-1884.
Series
Identifier: Acc.9942/21-38
Scope and Contents
John Kirk's unless otherwise stated. Kirk tended to keep diary entries and notes in the same book and the functions often merge. Sometimes he kept several types of information in one book over a period of several years, and the dates of the diaries frequently overlap.
Dates:
1858-1884.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames Kiralfy to Kitchin., 1817-1924.
File
Identifier: MS.40655
Scope and Contents
All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Kiralfy, Imre.Telegram, 1908, probably of Imre Kiralfy to John Murray IV. Folio 1.Kirbach, Alexander.Letter, 1855, of Alexander Kirbach to John Murray III. Folios 2-3.Kirby, Francis John Forsell.Letter, 1883, of Francis John Forsell Kirby to John Murray III. Folios 4-5.Kirby, Herbert George.Letter, 1891, of...
Dates:
1817-1924.
Material relating to the manuscript 'Arab History of Kilwa'; with a translation and notes by John Kirk, and associated correspondence., 1894, undated.
File
Identifier: Acc.9942/19
Scope and Contents
Including the 'Arab History of Kilwa'; 'Rough translation of History of Kiloa': notes and comments by Kirk on an Arabic manuscript, with a rough translation. With a letter to Kirk from H.J. Goldsmid, 13 December 1894.
The manuscript History was originally written in the 16th century. Kirk acquired an abstract by the scribe Sheikh Muhui-'l-Din ibn Sheikh 'Abdullah al Khantani and deposited it in the British Museum in 1895.
Dates:
1894, undated.
Photographs and sketches by John Kirk., 1843-1915, circa 1964, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.9942/39-48
Scope and Contents
Items 39 and 45 not received by the National Library of Scotland.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1843-1915, circa 1964, undated.
Printed material and newspaper cuttings., 1858-1922, 1929, 1932, 1959, 1973.
Series
Identifier: Acc.9942/51-54
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Papers of Sir John Kirk GCMG KCB (1832-1922), physician, administrator, naturalist, photographer, and Lady Kirk, née Helen Cooke (d.1914).John Kirk was born at Barry in Forfarshire in 1832. After qualifying as a doctor in 1854, he volunteered for medical service in the Crimea and subsequently became Dr. David Livingstone's chief assistant on his second Zambesi Expedition, 1858-1863. In 1866 Kirk was appointed Medical Officer and Vice-Consul of Zanzibar. He became Assistant...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1858-1922, 1929, 1932, 1959, 1973.
Professional and personal correspondence of John and Helen Kirk; with reports and notes relating to the professional and research activities of John Kirk., Circa 1856-1925, 1965.
Series
Identifier: Acc.9942/1-20
Scope and Contents
Largely original correspondence, but also containing some copies. Includes research material related to Bibi Salimah, and the manuscript 'Arab History of Kilwa'.
Dates:
Majority of material found within Circa 1856-1925, 1965.
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- Letters. Correspondence. 4
- Copies. Derivative objects. 2
- Photocopies. 2
- Articles. 1
- Circulars. Fliers. 1
- Commissions. Permissions. 1
- Diaries. 1
- Histories. 1
- Interviews. 1
- Maps. Cartographic materials. 1
- Negatives. Photographs. 1
- Notebooks. 1
- Notes. 1
- Obituaries. 1
- Personal papers. 1
- Photograph albums. 1
- Positives. Photographs. 1
- Press cuttings. Information artifacts. 1
- Professional papers. 1
- Scientific illustrations. 1
- Sketches. 1
- Telegrams. 1
- Translations. Documents. 1
- Typescripts. 1
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