File 208 - William Whewell letters received: L

Identity area

Reference code

Add. MS a/208

Title

William Whewell letters received: L

Date(s)

  • 1818-1866, [18--] (Creation)

Level of description

File

Extent and medium

1 box

Context area

Name of creator

(1794-1866)

Biographical history

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

Content and structure area

Scope and content

The ninth of fifteen boxes of primarily incoming correspondence (Add.MS.a.200-214), arranged roughly A-Z by correspondent.

Conditions of access and use area

Finding aids

Isaac Todhunter's Catalogue of Dr Whewell's Papers (Add.MS.a.70) includes summaries of letters in this box.

Allied materials area

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.

Related descriptions

Notes area

Alternative identifier(s)

Previous shelfmark

O.18.L1/1-145

Archivist's note

The item records were created from a partial listing of the Whewell papers produced by William J. Ashworth in 1994-1996. These entries were emended by Diana Smith in 2020 using further information from the Ashworth listing.