File 18.9 - William Whewell notes on books read

Identity area

Reference code

R./18.9

Title

William Whewell notes on books read

Date(s)

  • 1817-1840 (Creation)

Level of description

File

Extent and medium

14 vols.

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

Written in diary form. Thirteen volumes and an index, kept from 28 May 1817 to May 1830, with gaps from 1 Aug. - 31 Dec. 1817, 22 July - 30 Sept. 1818, 22 July - Sept. 30 1820, 15 Feb. - 24 July 1827.

Allied materials area

Related units of description

See also Notes on books read, R.18.16/1
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 theread more

Publication note

Described and excerpted in Chapter XVIII of Isaac Todhunter, William Whewell, D.D. : an account of his writings with selections from his literary and scientific correspondence. London: Macmillan, 1876.

Notes area

Note

Previously described as diaries.

Archivist's note

Item record created in 2020 by Diana Smith with reference to the index entitled "Report on the papers of William Whewell" compiled by the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts in 1973.