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- Robert Theodore Gunther was a historian of science and founder of the Museum of the History of Science, Oxford. Gunther's father, Albert Günther, was keeper of Zoology at the British Museum in London. Robert Gunther was educated at University College School, attached to University College London. Towards the end of his schooling he attended lectures at University College itself. He was elected to a demyship at Magdalen College, Oxford in 1887 and took this up in 1888. He joined the Oxford University Scientific Club in his first term at Magdalen and subsequently he took up a Fellowship at the College. In 1911, Gunther and his family moved to 5 Folly Bridge, an unusual and distinctive tall house on a small island in the River Thames next to the bridge. This made the river central to his life. He was a pioneer of environmental conservation in Oxford. From 1923, Robert Gunther produced a fourteen volume set of books on Early Science in Oxford, his magnum opus, the last appearing in 1945. These were initially produced under the auspices of the Oxford Historical Society and printed at the Clarendon Press, Oxford. A fifteenth volume by his son A. E. Gunther in 1967 covered Robert Gunther himself. Between 1926 and 1930, Gunther founded the Museum of the History of Science in the Old Ashmolean building, with some difficulty: it is apparent that few of his contemporaries shared his passion for historical scientific instruments, and indeed the Early Science series makes barbed comments about the failure of predecessors in various august bodies to preserve such things. The museum's initial collection was based on the scientific instrument collection of his friend Lewis Evans. Gunther died after a short illness, while staying at a friend's house in the south Oxfordshire village of South Stoke. He and his wife, Amy, are buried at Heacham, Norfolk, in the Rolfe family plot, having written their family history.
- Robert Theodore Gunther war ein Wissenschaftshistoriker und Gründer des Museum of the History of Science in Oxford. Gunthers Vater, Albert Günther war Direktor der Zoologischen Abteilung des Natural History Museum in London. Robert Gunther genoss seine Ausbildung an der University College School in London. Von dort wechselte er 1888 ans Magdalen College in Oxford, nachdem er dort bereits ein Jahr am University College studiert hatte. Seit 1923 verfasste er ein 14-bändiges Werk Early Science in Oxford, von denen der letzte Band 1945 erschien. Zuerst wurde dieses Werk unter Federführung der Oxford Historical Society heraus gegeben. Ein fünfzehnter, von seinem Sohn A.E. Gunther 1967 herausgegebener Band zeigt ein Portrait R. Gunther auf dem Buchdeckel. Zwischen 1926 und 1930 gründete Gunther das Museum of the History of Science im Gebäude des Ashmolean Museums in Oxford, jedoch verlief diese Gründung nicht ganz ohne Probleme: Anscheinend teilten nicht viele seiner Mitstreiter Gunthers Vorliebe für historische wissenschaftliche Instrumente, was auch an boshaften Kommentaren Gunthers in Early Science über einige seiner Vorgänger in ehrwürdigen Institutionen und deren Versagen diese Instrumente der Nachwelt zu erhalten abgelesen werden kann. Die erste Ausstellung setzte sich zum Großteil aus Exponaten wissenschaftlicher Instrumente zusammen, die aus der Sammlung seines Freundes Lewis Evans stammten. Nach kurzer Krankheit starb Gunther im Haus eines Freundes. Er und seine Frau Amy, geborene Rolfe, sind in Heacham, Norfolk in der Gruft ihrer Familie beigesetzt, deren Biographie Gunther verfasst hatte.
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- Robert Theodore Gunther was a historian of science and founder of the Museum of the History of Science, Oxford. Gunther's father, Albert Günther, was keeper of Zoology at the British Museum in London. Robert Gunther was educated at University College School, attached to University College London. Towards the end of his schooling he attended lectures at University College itself. He was elected to a demyship at Magdalen College, Oxford in 1887 and took this up in 1888.
- Robert Theodore Gunther war ein Wissenschaftshistoriker und Gründer des Museum of the History of Science in Oxford. Gunthers Vater, Albert Günther war Direktor der Zoologischen Abteilung des Natural History Museum in London. Robert Gunther genoss seine Ausbildung an der University College School in London. Von dort wechselte er 1888 ans Magdalen College in Oxford, nachdem er dort bereits ein Jahr am University College studiert hatte.
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