Dossier 216 - William Whewell: miscellaneous correspondence, including letters received relating to Of the Plurality of Worlds

Zone d'identification

Cote

Add. MS a/216

Titre

William Whewell: miscellaneous correspondence, including letters received relating to Of the Plurality of Worlds

Date(s)

  • 1818-1860, [18--] (Production)

Niveau de description

Dossier

Étendue matérielle et support

1 box

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

Zone du contenu et de la structure

Portée et contenu

Items 84-112 concern Whewell's Of the Plurality of Worlds.

Zone des conditions d'accès et d'utilisation

Finding aids

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

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.

Descriptions associées

Zone des notes

Note

Items 1-143 previously shelved as O.18.M6/1-143.

Identifiant(s) alternatif(s)

Previous shelfmark

O.18.M6/1-143

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 index entitled "Report on the papers of Williamread more