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Dean, Richard Betenson, active 1837-1844, Chairman of Customs Commissioners
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Epithet: Chairman of Customs Commissioners British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000267.0x0000c7 ...
Feilding, William Basil Percy, 7th Earl of Denbigh
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tc1s1d (person)
Title: 7th Earl of Denbigh British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000981.0x0001d2 ...
Bowditch, Nathaniel Ingersoll
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6s27srp (person)
Epithet: son of N Bowditch British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000389.0x0001f2 ...
Ormerod, Charles, active 1837-1838
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Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882
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Charles Robert Darwin was born on February 12, 1809 in Shrewsbury, England. His father, Robert Waring Darwin (1766-1848), was a physician, the son of Erasmus Darwin (1731-1802), a poet, philosopher, and naturalist. Robert established a successful medical practice in Shrewsbury where he was known for his kindness extended to the poor. He was financially quite successful and willing to support his sons in their various endeavors. Although not a prolific writer, he was elected to the Royal Society ...
Brockedon, William, painter author inventor and founding member of RGS
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62g7dtn (person)
Epithet: painter author inventor and founding member of RGS British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000622.0x000267 Epithet: painter British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001072.0x000238 ...
Benso di Cavour, Camillo, Conte Sardinian statesman
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6r02832 (person)
Epithet: Conte Sardinian statesman British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000560.0x0002a1 ...
Hallam, Henry, historian
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Epithet: historian British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000613.0x0002cb ...
Thomas Noon Talfourd
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Epithet: judge and author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000688.0x000136 ...
Jobard, Jean Baptiste, active 1835-1854, economist
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Epithet: economist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000268.0x0003ab ...
Powell, Baden
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Epithet: Savilian professor of geometry British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000497.0x00030b ...
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901
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Queen Victoria was the only child of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn and Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. She was born on May 24, 1819 at Kensington Palace in London and she became heir to the throne when her father died. In 1837, she became Queen at the age of 18. During the early part of her reign, she was influenced by two men: her first Prime Minister, Lord Melbourne, and then her husband, Prince Albert, whom she married in 1840. Both men taught her much about how to be ...
Donkin, Rufane Shaw, Sir, General KCB, MP
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Epithet: General KCB, MP British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000207.0x0003c0 ...
Hussey, Thomas John, 1792-approximately 1854
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6t250cs (person)
Epithet: Reverend; astronomer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001031.0x0003e2 ...
Thomson, Charles Edward Poulett, active 1833-1838, Baron Sydenham (1840), President of Board of Trade
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dp4j5t (person)
Epithet: President of Board of Trade Title: Baron Sydenham (1840) British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001344.0x00017d ...
Harcourt, William, 3rd Earl Harcourt
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Title: 3rd Earl Harcourt British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000471.0x0000ae Epithet: formerly Venables-Vernon FRS, Canon of York British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000411.0x0001ca ...
Galbraith, William, active 1837-1847, mathematician
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Epithet: mathematician British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000388.0x0001a2 ...
Pryme, George, active 1800-1860, MP
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Epithet: MP British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000471.0x000397 ...
Litton, Edward, active 1835-1838, MP for Coleraine (1837)
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6k16t30 (person)
Epithet: MP for Coleraine (1837) British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000443.0x0002dd ...
Reynolds, John, active 1837-1838, engineer
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Epithet: engineer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001129.0x000045 ...
Beaufort, Francis, Sir, active 1802-1857, Rear-Admiral KCB, FRS
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Epithet: Rear-Admiral KCB, FRS British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001072.0x00004c ...
Graves, John Thomas, active 1801-1847, barrister and Mathematician
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Epithet: barrister and Mathematician British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000839.0x000399 ...
Rothman, Richard Wellesley, active 1837-1838, Registrar of London University
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6t24tvm (person)
Epithet: Registrar of London University British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000352.0x000314 ...
Twisleton, Edward Turner Boyd, Civil Service Commissioner
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Epithet: Civil Service Commissioner British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000429.0x000303 ...
Whewell, William, Reverend Master of Trinity College Cambridge
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Epithet: Reverend Master of Trinity College Cambridge British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000688.0x00003f ...
Brodie, Benjamin Collins
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Epithet: the elder, surgeon, 1st Baronet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000497.0x000369 Title: 1st Baronet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000629.0x0002c5 Epithet: chemist Title: 2nd Baronet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_10000000...
Carrucci della Sommaia, Guglielmo Bruto Icilio Timoleone Libri-, 1803-1869, Comte, book collector
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6f299vw (person)
Epithet: book collector Title: Comte British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001072.0x0002e7 ...
Challis, James, Reverend; Plumian Professor of astronomy, Cambridge
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61p8c69 (person)
Epithet: Reverend; Plumian Professor of astronomy, Cambridge British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001196.0x000229 ...
Ward, Frederick Oldfield
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Epithet: physiologist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000816.0x0001a0 ...
Moll, Gerard, active 1837-1838, of Utrecht
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66r1t11 (person)
Epithet: of Utrecht British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000570.0x00016e ...
Nicolas, Nicholas Harris, Sir, antiquary
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Epithet: antiquary British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001219.0x000143 ...
Bowditch, W-T-, active 1837-1838, son of N Bowditch
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65531pm (person)
Epithet: son of N Bowditch British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000389.0x0001f4 ...
Fox, Mary
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vn45jw (person)
Epithet: wife of General C R Fox British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000350.0x000145 Epithet: of Add MS 38579 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001094.0x0001e6 ...
Perkins, Angier March, active 1813-1851, engineer
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6c3580g (person)
Epithet: engineer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001123.0x000207 ...
Egerton, Philip de Malpas Grey, Sir, 10th Baronet, of Oulton
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Epithet: of Oulton Title: 10th Baronet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000817.0x000231 ...
Trotter, Jaqueline, active 1837-1838
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Whitmore, William Wolryche, active 1830-1847, MP; of Add MS 37184
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dg79cp (person)
Epithet: MP; of Add MS 37184 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001152.0x0001db ...
Damer, George Lionel Dawson, Hon, active 1801-1838, MP for Portarlington
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6524g45 (person)
Epithet: MP for Portarlington British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000131.0x0000c7 ...
Pond, A G, active 1835-1838, wife of J Pond
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Epithet: wife of J Pond British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000471.0x0001e7 ...
Victoria Mary Louisa, Duchess of Kent, 1786-1861
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Epithet: Victoria Mary Louisa, Duchess of, widow of Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000576.0x0000ee ...
Maclaren, James, active 1812-1854, barrister
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gg1742 (person)
Epithet: barrister British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000876.0x0001dc ...
Herschel, John Frederick William, Sir, 1st Baronet, astronomer
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Epithet: astronomer Title: 1st Baronet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000815.0x000381 ...
King, Augusta Ada (Byron) 1815-1852
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Epithet: daughter of Lord Byron; wife of William, Lord King, 1st Earl of Lovelace (1838) British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000695.0x00001b ...
Campbell, Mary E. (Mary Elizabeth)
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6p370ms (person)
Epithet: wife of Sir J Campbell, 1st Baron Campbell Title: Baroness Stratheden British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000843.0x0003c0 ...
Sussex, -1843, Augustus Frederick, Duke of
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Epithet: Augustus Frederick, Duke of British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000679.0x0000a7 ...
Corrie, John, active 1837-1838, of Birmingham
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Epithet: of Birmingham British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000572.0x0001a2 ...
Rogers, Samuel, 1763-1855
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dr30kw (person)
British poet. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Catherine Dickens, 1846 Oct. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 469692967 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London], to Catherine Dickens, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 469622382 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Catherine Dickens, 1843 Dec. 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270657034 Samuel Rogers was born near London to a wealt...
Lubbock, John William, Sir, 3rd Baronet
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Title: 3rd Baronet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000750.0x000388 ...
Hawes, Benjamin, Sir, KCB
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jb654c (person)
Epithet: KCB British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000411.0x0002cf ...
Stewart, Patrick Maxwell, active 1837-1838, MP
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61h0hvq (person)
Epithet: MP British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000362.0x000392 ...
Conroy, John
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zx1fxp (person)
Epithet: equerry to the Duchess of Kent 1st Baronet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000699.0x000047 ...
Ward, Nathaniel Bagshaw, botanist
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67754qc (person)
Epithet: botanist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000816.0x0002f4 ...
Bulwer, Edward George Earle Lytton, active 1801-1838, Baron Lytton (1866)
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zt2s59 (person)
Title: Baron Lytton (1866) British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000875.0x000266 ...
Peacock, George.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6km02dh (person)
Epithet: Dean of Ely British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000815.0x0002e6 ...
Wood, William Page
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6ft8jmv (person)
Epithet: Baron Hatherley British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000471.0x0002df ...
Wilkie, David, Sir, active 1800-1838, RA; of Add MS 36594
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6ph1x6f (person)
Epithet: RA; of Add MS 36594 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000212.0x00010a ...
Feilding, Mary Elizabeth Kitty, active 1801-1838, wife of William Basil Percy, 7th Earl of Denbigh
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6d329j7 (person)
Epithet: wife of William Basil Percy, 7th Earl of Denbigh British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000981.0x0001cc ...
Tiarks, Johann Ludwig, active 1823-1838, German astronomer
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Epithet: German astronomer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000211.0x000111 ...
Chalmers, Thomas, active 1803-1861, DD, Professor of Divinity at Edinburgh University
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Epithet: DD, Professor of Divinity at Edinburgh University British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000815.0x000357 ...
Porter, George Richardson, 1792-1852
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Epithet: of the Board of Trade British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000491.0x00022b British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000491.0x00022c Epithet: of Add MS 35150 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001197.0x00039f ...
Santini, Giovanni, active 1837-1838, Director of the Observatory, Padua
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rw176k (person)
Epithet: Director of the Observatory, Padua British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000409.0x000382 ...
Zanetti, Vittore, active 1837-1838
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6387t20 (person)
Fielding, Elisabeth Theresa, Lady, active 1801-1838, widow of Rear-Admiral Charles Feilding
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67755jj (person)
Epithet: widow of Rear-Admiral Charles Feilding British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001088.0x0001de ...
Chambers, William Frederick, active 1812-1847, MD
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Epithet: MD British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001196.0x000303 ...
Seymour, Edward Adolphus, 11th Duke of Somerset
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Title: 11th Duke of Somerset British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000800.0x000263 ...
De Morgan, Augustus
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Epithet: mathematician British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000815.0x0002ec ...
Smith, Sydney, Reverend Canon of St Paul's
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Epithet: Reverend Canon of St Paul's British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000350.0x000231 ...
North, Susan, -1837, wife of George North, 3rd Earl of Guilford
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Wife of George Augustus North, 3rd Earl of Guilford Epithet: wife of George North, 3rd Earl of Guilford British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000205.0x0001b5 ...
Sykes, Colonel (William Henry), 1790-1872
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1804-1833 Bombay Army; 1824-1831 Statistical Reporter to the Government of Bombay; 1857-1872 Member of Parliament for Aberdeen. Epithet: Lieutenant-Colonel, MP, naturalist and author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000679.0x00035e ...
Bethune, John Elliot Drinkwater, 1801-1851
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1827 called to the bar, Middle Temple; 1830s-1840s counsel to the Home Office; 1848-1851 member of the supreme council of India and president (unpaid) of the council of education. Epithet: lawyer and educator British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000205.0x000177 ...
Helps, Arthur, Sir, KCB, Clerk of the Privy Council
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Epithet: KCB, Clerk of the Privy Council British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000471.0x000164 ...
Davenport, Edward Davies, of Capesthorne Hall Cheshire
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Epithet: of Capesthorne Hall Cheshire British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000350.0x000372 ...
Daniell, John Frederic, physicist
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Epithet: physicist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000471.0x0002dd ...
Murphy, Robert, active 1835-1838, of Caius College, Cambridge
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Epithet: of Caius College, Cambridge British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000985.0x0001f2 ...
Smyth, W. H. (William Henry), 1788-1865
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Epithet: Captain RN British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001304.0x0000dd Epithet: Admiral; PRS British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001304.0x0000d8 William Henry Smyth was a British admiral and scientific writer. From the description of Correspondence, 1820-1864. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: ...
Plana, Giovanni Antonio Amedeo, active 1806-1847, Baron, astronomer
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Epithet: astronomer Title: Baron British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000408.0x0000d9 ...
Talbot, William Henry Fox, 1800-1877
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Photographic inventor and polymath William Henry Fox Talbot (1800-1877) was descended on his mother's side from the earls of Ilchester, Somerset. His father, an infantry captain, died when he was a baby, leaving him Lacock Abbey estate in Wiltshire, along with enormous debts. The family rented out the estate in order to pay these off until Talbot was 27, when he took possession of the property and made it his home. Talbot married in 1832 and had four children. Having no natural artistic talent ...
