Dossier 1.76 - William Whewell letters and printed material received

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Zone d'identification

Cote

R./1.76

Titre

William Whewell letters and printed material received

Date(s)

  • 1819-1833 (Production)

Niveau de description

Dossier

Étendue matérielle et support

1 vol.

Zone du contexte

Nom du producteur

(1794-1866)

Notice biographique

William Whewell was born in Lancaster on 24 May 1794, son of John Whewell, master carpenter. Whewell's talents were spotted by Joseph Rowley, Master of Lancaster Grammar School, who offered to teach him for free. When John Hudson, a Fellow of Trinityread more

Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert

Bequest of William Whewell, 1866.

Zone du contenu et de la structure

Portée et contenu

A collection of some of the printed material and letters received by Whewell between 1819 to 1833, of which the materials relating to the Cambridge elections of 1829 and 1830 form a part.

Zone des conditions d'accès et d'utilisation

Finding aids

This volume has been fully catalogued in the James Catalogue of Western Manuscripts: R.1.76

Zone des sources complémentaires

Related units of description

Forms part of the papers of William Whewell, housed under a variety of numbers in Additional Manuscripts a and c and Wren classes O and R. The collection is described briefly with all component parts listed in the collection level record linked below.

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Zone des notes

Note

Originally described in the James catalogue as Papers relating to Cambridge Elections of the 1820s and 30s

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