RE: paleonet Defn of a Curator

["Judith Harris" <harrisj@xxxxxxx>]

In the UK they are called a Keeper. I've always liked that.

Judith Harris
Curator Emerita

-----Original Message-----
From: paleonet-owner@nhm.ac.uk [mailto:paleonet-owner@nhm.ac.uk]On
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Sent: Friday, December 13, 2002 2:26 AM
To: paleonet@nhm.ac.uk
Subject: Re: paleonet Defn of a Curator


At 00:09 13.12.2002 -0800, you wrote:
>Was the term curator in science given to ridicule
>scientists, when collectors of rocks and bones were
>thought mad and stupid then, or was there a real
>reason :)

The Latin word "cura" means care, charge, management, attention. A curator 
is someone to whom care or charge of anything has been entrusted.

fjl


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