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Authorised form of nameBurne; Richard Higgins (1868 - 1953)
Dates1868 - 1953
Date of birth05 April 1868
Date of death09/10/1953
ActivityEducation:
Winchester College; MA (Oxon)
Career:
Curator of the Department of Comparative Anatomy, Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election12/05/1927
SourcesSources:
Bulloch's Roll
Obituaries:
Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society 1954 vol 9 pp 27-33, plate, by Arthur Keith
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/252045186
Royal Society codeNA998
Archives associated with this Fellow
Reference numberTitleDate
IM/GA/WS/2140Burne, Richard Higginsnd
NLB/37/289Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to R [Richard] H [Higgins] Burne, Royal College of Surgeons, Lincoln from Fields, WC26 February 1908
RR/28/71Referee's report by James Peter Hill, on a paper 'Some peculiarities of the blood-vascular system of the porbeagle shark (Lamna cornubica)' by Richard Higgins Burne[July 1923]
RR/37/54Referee's report by Richard Higgins Burne, on a paper 'The anatomy and phylogeny of spondylus, with a particular reference to the Lamellibranch nervous system' by William John DakinJune 1928
RR/28/72Referee's report by Charles Tate Regan, on a paper 'Some peculiarities of the blood-vascular system of the porbeagle shark (Lamna cornubica)' by Richard Higgins Burne[June 1923]
RR/51/120Referee's report by Richard Higgins Burne, on a paper 'The hyoid and larynx of the Anura' by Ethelwynn Trewavas30 June 1933
RR/52/37Referee's report by Richard Higgins Burne, on a paper 'On the skull of holocephali' by Gavin Rylands De Beer and J A Moy-ThomasJune 1934
RR/61/49Referee's report by Richard Higgins Burne, on a paper 'A study of the medulla oblongata of cyprinodont fishes with special reference to their feeding habits' by B S BhimacharFebruary 1937
RR/63/125Referee's report by Richard Higgins Burne, on a paper 'The Acanthodian fishes' by David Meredith Seares WatsonJanuary 1937
RR/68/232Referee's report by Richard Higgins Burne, on a paper 'The giant myelinated nerve fibres of the prawn' by William Holmes[1942]
RR/67/436Referee's report by Richard Higgins Burne, on a paper 'The protobranchiate mollasca' by Charles Maurice YongeFebruary 1939
NLB/64/811Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Sidney [Frederic] Harmer K.B.E. FRS22 June 1923
NLB/65/95Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [Frederick William] Gamble, FRS; circulated to all members of the Zoology Committee26 July 1923
NLB/65/72Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Sidney [Frederic] Harmer, FRS24 July 1923
RR/37/36Referee's report by Francis Joseph Cole, on a paper 'A system of a "fine" vessels associated with the lymphatics in the cod (Gadus morrhua)' by Richard Higgins BurneOctober 1928
EC/1927/03Burne, Richard Higgins: certificate of election to the Royal Society
RR/37/35Referee's report by Edwin Stephen Goodrich, on a paper 'A system of a "fine" vessels associated with the lymphatics in the cod (Gadus morrhua)' by Richard Higgins BurneOctober 1928
RR/65/182Referee's report by Richard Higgins Burne, on a paper 'Reproduction in the spotted hyaena, Crocuta crocuta (erxleben)' by Leonard Harrison MatthewsDecember 1938
RR/33/29Referee's report by John Graham Kerr, on a paper 'A contribution to the anatomy of the ductless glands and lymphatic system of the angler fish (Lophius piscatorius)' by Richard Huggins BurneDecember 1926
RR/38/4Referee's report by Richard Higgins Burne, on a paper 'The development of some of the cranial muscles of ganoid fishes' by F H Edgeworth18 November 1927
RR/33/30Referee's report by Grafton Elliot Smith, on a paper 'A contribution to the anatomy of the ductless glands and lymphatic system of the angler fish (Lophius piscatorius)' by Richard Huggins Burne January 1926
RR/47/42Referee's report by Grafton Elliot Smith, on a paper 'Further observations on the medulla oblongata of cyprinoids ; and a comparative study of the medulla of clupeoids and cyprinoids with special reference to the acoustic tubercles' by H Muir EvansMay 1932
MC/23/397Letter from [Richard Higgins] Burne, Assistant in the Museum, Royal College of Surgeons of England, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, to the [Royal Society]21 February 1908
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