Friedrich Simony

In 1898 Oskar Simony approached the director of the Imperial Natural History Museum and requested that he be allowed to bequeath to the Museum the scientific estate of his father, who had died two years earlier, consisting of manuscripts, diaries, pictures (from pencil drawings to watercolours), photographs, various prints etc.

The office of the Lord Chamberlain, whose permission had to be obtained at that time before a gift could be accepted, agreed to the transfer.