Michael Scurr
IndiavolunteerMale9.0Global Dominance: 0.00%Michael Scurr is a volunteer at the National Archives in Kew, west London, who made headlines for discovering a rare copy of the US Declaration of Independence while cataloguing documents, an event that coincided with the 250th anniversary of the Declaration's signing.
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Michael Scurr, a volunteer on the America 250 project, discovered a rare 1776 printing of the US Declaration of Independence.
A volunteer sorting old Royal Navy papers found a rare 1776 US Declaration of Independence copy; it is one of 11 surviving Exeter printings and the only one outside the USThe Times of India·India· 2026-09-23
India· 2026-09-23
Michael Scurr is a volunteer at the National Archives who discovered a rare copy of the US Declaration of Independence.
‘Vanishingly rare’ copy of US Declaration of Independence found by volunteer in UK archives | National ArchivesThe Guardian·
United Kingdom· 2026-07-03
United Kingdom· 2026-07-03
