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Writings of Vero L Bosazza on nineteenth century explorers of African countries, chiefly David Livingstone.

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Identifier: MSS.20333-20340
Scope and Contents Vero L Bosazza, a South Africa geologist who worked in various African countries, became interested in the nineteenth century travellers there, especially David Livingstone. In retirement he wrote extensively on them, his personal knowledge of the localities giving his work a dimension frequently lacking in other scholarship. His writings are almost entirely unpublished, except in the sense that he distributed copies of them to various libraries with interests in African history....
Dates: 1861-1865, 1955-1979.

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Typescripts. 16
Correspondence. 14
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Notes. 6
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Diaries. 3
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Reports. 3
Songs. Musical compositions. 3
Travel journals. 3
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Annotations. 2
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Faroe Islands. Europe. Dependent state. Longitude: -7.0000. Latitude: 62.0000. 1
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Names
Gray, Alasdair (author) (1934-2019) 3
Galt, John (novelist) 2
Beattie, William, Librarian of the National Library of Scotland, 1903-1986 1
Bennett, Enoch Arnold, writer, 1867-1931 1
British Broadcasting Corporation 1
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Buchan, John, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, author, publisher, Governor-General of Canada, 1875-1940 1
Burns, Robert (poet) (1759–1796) 1
Caird, James Bowman, HM Inspector of Schools, 1919-1989 1
Caird, Janet Hinshaw, novelist, née Kirkwood, 1913-1992 1
Cairns, David, Professor of Practical Theology, University of Aberdeen, 1904-1992 1
Calvin, Jean, theologian, 1509-1564 1
Campbell, Archibald, 3rd Duke of Argyll, 1682-1761 1
Church of Scotland, Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly 1
Dallas, George, trade unionist and politician, 1878-1961 1
Denham, Sir James Steuart, 3rd Baronet, of Coltness and Westshield, economist, formerly Steuart, 1713-1780 1
Douglas, Gavin, Bishop of Dunkeld, poet, c 1476-1522 1
Elizabeth I, Queen of England and Ireland, 1533-1603 1
Elphinstone, Margaret, author, b 1948 1
Fermor, Joan Leigh (photographer, née Eyres Monsell, formerly Rayner) 1
Fermor, Patrick Michael Leigh, Sir, knight (travel writer and soldier) 1
Finlay, Ian Hamilton, poet and sculptor, 1925-2006 1
Forward, Glasgow, newspaper 1
Fraser, George Sutherland, poet and critic, 1915-1980 1
Galsworthy, John, author, 1867-1933 1
Goodchild, Doris Ann (artist and calligrapher) 1
Gordon, Ian A, Vice-Chancellor of the University of New Zealand, 1908-2004 1
Greig, family 1
Hamilton, James Hay, playwright, fl 1975-1977 1
International Military Tribunal, Nuremburg 1
James Lumsden, Son and Company Limited, Glasgow, wholesale and export stationers 1
Johnston, Thomas, politician and newspaper editor, 1881-1965 1
Lawrence, Thomas Edward, intelligence officer and author, called Lawrence of Arabia, 1888-1935 1
Livingstone, David, explorer and missionary, 1813-1873 1
Livingstone, David, explorer and missionary, 1813-1873: recipient 1
MacGill-Eain, Somhairle (poet) 1
Macgregor, Forbes, poet and teacher, 1904-1991 1
Macneill, Hector, poet, 1746-1818 1
Magnusson, Magnus, scholar, broadcaster and enviromentalist, 1929-2007 1
McKinlay, William Laird, scientist on Canadian National Arctic Expedition, teacher, 1888-1983 1
McLean, Lex, comedian, 1907-1975 1
Mirror, Edinburgh, newspaper 1
Morrison, Trevor, poet, d 2013 1
Muggeridge, Thomas Malcolm, journalist and broadcaster, 1903-1990 1
Murray, Leslie Allan, poet, b 1938 1
Norwegian-Scottish Association 1
Omay, Duncan, of Kilchulmkill, fl 1750 1
Omay, Samuel, correspondent of John Galt, novelist, fl 1813-1836: recipient 1
Orr, Robert Kemsley, composer, 1909-2006 1
Pound, Ezra Loomis, poet, 1885-1972 1
Presot, Marie, mother of Esther Inglis, calligrapher, fl 1569-1574 1
Reith, John Charles Walsham, 1st Baron Reith (created 1940), Director-General of the BBC, 1889-1971 1
Roscoe, Sidney, bibliographer, fl 1980-1981 1
Smith, David Nichol, literary scholar, 1875-1962 1
Smith, Jonathan, writer and Head of English, Tonbridge School , b 1942 1
Smith, Sydney Goodsir, poet, playwright, 1915-1975 1
Stamp, Alexandra Frances, journalist and author, née Artley, fl 1982-2004 1
Strachan, Michael, writer, b 1919 1
Sutherland, Robert Garioch, poet, pseudonym Robert Garioch, 1909-1981 1
Tussaud, Anna Marie, founder of a waxwork exhibition, née Grosholtz, called Madame Tussaud, d 1850 1
United Turkey Red Company, Ltd, Alexandria, bleachers, finishers and dyers 1
White, Kenneth, poet and writer, b 1936 1
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