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Past Member

James Delbourgo

Funding provided by the Herodotus Fund

Affiliation

Historical Studies

Field of Study

History of Science, Atlantic History
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James Delbourgo is writing about Hans Sloane’s collections and Natural History of Jamaica during the era of the Atlantic slave trade; the imperial origins of the British Museum; and the use of specimens and objects in abolitionism.

Dates at IAS

Member
School of Historical Studies
Fall

Degrees

Columbia
Ph.D.
2003