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Code	DS/UK/232
Name	Franks; Sir; Augustus Wollaston (1826-1897); collector and museum keeper
Dates and Places	b. 20 Mar 1826, Geneva; d. 21 May 1897, London
Surname	Franks
Forenames	Augustus Wollaston
History	Influential collector for the British Museum, becoming the first Keeper of the department of British and medieval antiquities and ethnography.
Rules	International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997
Source	VIAF: 14779956

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MCR/1/1/32	Great Britain: Forestry Education and Misc	27 Aug 1873-21 Dec 1926

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